Use of bivalve metrics to quantify influences of coal-related activities in the Clinch River watershed, Virginia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 341-355

  Hull, M S ^a   Cherry, D S ^b   Neves, R J ^b  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian clam; Bivalves; Clinch River; Coal ash; Coal mining; Corbicula; Mussels; Power plant effluent; Unionoidea

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COAL ASH; COAL MINES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

ASIAN CLAM; BIVALVES; CLINCH RIVER; CORBICULA; MUSSELS; POWER PLANT EFFLUENT; UNIONOIDEA;

GROWTH KINETICS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; POWER PLANT; RIVER POLLUTION;

CLINCH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; UNIONOIDA; UNIONOIDEA; VILLOSA IRIS;

EID: 29344450618     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-9111-1     Document Type: Review

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