Toxicity of metal-contaminated sediments from Keswick Reservoir, California, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 485-494

  Finlayson, Brian ^a   Fujimura, Robert ^a   Huang, Zhang Zhi ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Keswick Reservoir; Sediments; Toxicity; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; INVERTEBRATE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; TROUT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0034012822     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190230     Document Type: Article

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