The influence of untreated wastewater to aquatic communities in the Balatuin River, The Philippines

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-53

  Dyer, Scott D ^a   Peng, Charles ^a   McAvoy, Drew C ^a   Fendinger, Nick J ^a   Masscheleyn, Patrick ^a   Castillo, Lourdes V ^b   Lim, Jose Marie U ^c  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Fish; Macroinvertebrates; Periphyton; Untreated wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMMONIA; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; RIVERS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALKYLBENZENE; AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSTACEA; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PHILIPPINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WASTE WATER;

BALATUIN RIVER; PHILIPPINES;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037692019     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00269-8     Document Type: Article

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