Effects of oil sands related aquatic reclamation on yellow perch (Perca flavescens). I. Water quality characteristics and yellow perch physiological and population responses

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1213-1225

  Van Den Heuvel, M R ^a,d   Power, M ^b   MacKinnon, M D ^c   Van Meer, T ^c   Dobson, E P ^a   Dixon, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL SAND; PERCID; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POND; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0033341627     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-062     Document Type: Article

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