Stream ecosystem response, to and recovery from, experimental exposure to selenium

Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-184

  Swift, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental streams; Selenium; Selenium bioaccumulation; Selenium depuration; Selenium toxicity to stream organism; Stream ecosystem recovery from selenium

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; MESOCOSM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; STREAM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTATION; GONAD; LIVER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MEASUREMENT; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STREAM (RIVER); SURVIVAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WILDLIFE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES; TUBIFEX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036872817     PISSN: 13861980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021299003516     Document Type: Review

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