Recovery of a power plant cooling reservoir ecosystem from selenium bioaccumulation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 145-163

  Crutchfield Jr , John U ^a  

^a Progress Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal ash; Contaminants; Ecosystem recovery; Fishery impacts; Pollutants; Selenium; Selenium toxicity; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CYPRINELLA ANALOSTANA; DOROSOMATINAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCA FLAVESCENS; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0040956305     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1462-9011(00)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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