Sublethal toxicity of two wastewater treatment polymers to lake trout fry (Salvelinus namaycush)

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1123-1133

  Liber, K ^a   Weber, L ^a   Levesque C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diamond mining effluent; Gill histopathology; MagnaFloc ; Polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERS;

DIAMOND MINING EFFLUENT; GILL HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAGNAFLOC®; WASTEWATER TREATMENT POLYMERS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANION; CATION; POLYMER;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHOLOGY; FISH; GILL; HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOXIA; LAKE; LC 50; LETHALITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; TROUT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 27644582512     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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