Effects of Nuclear Power Plant thermal effluent on marine sessile invertebrate communities in southern Taiwan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 448-452

  Chou, Yalan ^a   Lin, Ta Yu ^a   Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^a   Liu, Li Lian ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Marine; Sessile invertebrate; Thermal effluent

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; OCEAN HABITATS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFLUENTS;

COOLING WATER DISCHARGE; MARINE; SESSILE INVERTEBRATES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 24944521954     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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