Response of the fish populations of the River Don in South Yorkshire to water quality and habitat improvements

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-199

  Amisah, S ^a   Cowx, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOD; Fish stocking; Land contamination; Pollution; River Don; Water quality; Yorkshire

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033976745     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00190-6     Document Type: Article

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