Accumulation of contaminants in fish from wastewater treatment wetlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 603-611

  Barber, Larry B ^a   Keefe, Steffanie H ^a   Antweiler, Ronald C ^a   Taylor, Howard E ^a   Wass, Roland D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WASS Gerke and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOCONCENTRATION; FISH TISSUE; TILAPIA LIVER TISSUE; TRACE-ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

IMPURITIES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HERBICIDE; NONACHLOR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; IMPURITIES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FISH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; TILAPIA; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; FISHES; HERBICIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 31144445334     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0514287     Document Type: Article

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