Assessing the impacts of acidification on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): A simple model of stream chemistry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2117-2126

  Marmorek, D R ^a   Lacroix, G L ^b   Korman, J ^a   Parnell, I ^a   Watt, W D ^c  

^a ESSA Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; MODEL; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031742920     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-102     Document Type: Article

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