Evaluation of flushing of a high-selenium backwater channel in the Colorado River

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-81

  Hamilton, Steven J ^a   Holley, Kathy M ^b   Buhl, Kevin J ^a   Bullard, Fern A ^a   Weston, L Ken ^c   McDonald, Susan F ^a  

^a Yankton Field Research Station   (United States)

^b US Fish & WildlServ   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado pikeminnow; Colorado River; Endangered fish; Flushing; Remediation; Selenium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; SEDIMENTS; SELENIUM;

BACKWATER CHANNEL; WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; SELENIUM;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FLUSHING; REMEDIATION; RIVER CHANNEL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RIVERS; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

COLORADO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS;

EID: 1242296868     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10151     Document Type: Article

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