Acute aquatic life criteria for selenium

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1425-1432

  Canton, Steven P ^a  

^a Chadwick Ecological Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Selenium; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0033065973     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1425:AALCFS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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