Effects of pulp mill effluent on benthic assemblages in mesocosms along the Saint John River, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2916-2925

  Culp, Joseph M ^a   Cash, Kevin J ^a   Glozier, Nancy E ^a   Brua, Robert B ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrate; Community assemblage; Insect emergence; Periphyton; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES;

EFFLUENTS;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EFFLUENT; MESOCOSM; PERIPHYTON; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CANADA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; NEW BRUNSWICK; PAPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHN RIVER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345227302     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-354     Document Type: Article

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