Combined use of rapid bioassessment protocols and sediment quality triad to assess stream quality

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 267-295

  Winger, Parley V ^a   Lasier, Peter J ^a   Bogenrieder, Kurt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chemistry; Fish; Habitat assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOASSESSMENT; RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS (RBP); SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD (SQT); WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (WWTF);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BENTHOS; HABITAT QUALITY; STREAMWATER; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD; SPECIES HABITAT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 18444374150     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-7788-2     Document Type: Article

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