Hazard assessment of selenium and other trace elements in wild larval razorback sucker from the Green River, Utah

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-147

  Hamilton, S J ^a   Muth, R T ^b   Waddell, B ^c   May, T W ^d  

^a Yankton Field Research Station   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c Ecological Services   (United States)

^d Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CATOSTOMIDAE; PISCES; SARCOBATUS; VERTEBRATA; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 0033973023     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1834     Document Type: Article

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