An ecotoxicological approach to assessing the impact of tanning industry effluent on river health

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-324

  Mwinyihija, Mwinyikione ^a   Meharg, Andy ^a   Dawson, Julian ^a   Strachan, Norval J C ^a   Killham, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; SURFACE WATER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; RIVER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LETHAL DOSE; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KENYA; LETHAL DOSE 50; LUMINESCENCE; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RIVERS; TANNING; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644650043     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-1049-9     Document Type: Article

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