Benthic responses to wet-weather discharges in urban streams in southern Ontario

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 374-391

  Grapentine, Lee ^a   Rochfort, Quintin ^a   Marsalek, Jiri ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Bioaccumulation; Sediment conditions; Toxicity; Urban streams; Wet weather discharges

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUXES; IMPURITIES; METAL RECOVERY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODS; BENTHIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW (CSO); STORMWATER DISCHARGES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE OUTFALL; STORMWATER;

AMPHIPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 14944338507     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2004.050     Document Type: Article

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