Assessment of risk to aquatic biota from elevated salinity-A case study from the Hunter River, Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-278

  Muschal, Monika ^a  

^a Planning and Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal mining wastewater; Ecological risk assessment; Power generation; Water quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SALTS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC BIOTA; AUSTRALIA; CASE-STUDIES; COAL-MINING; COAL-MINING WASTEWATER; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; HIGH SALINITY; MINING WASTEWATER; POWER- GENERATIONS; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

RIVERS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CATCHMENT; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LANDSCAPING; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33645851313     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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