Water quality and fisheries in the Mersey estuary, England: A historical perspective

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-154

  Jones, P D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Dissolved oxygen; Fish; Mersey estuary; Salmonids; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; FOULING; IMPURITIES; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; MERSEY ESTUARY; SALMONIDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; FISH; FISHERY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; EUROPE; FISHERY; FOULING CONTROL; RIVER; SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FISHERIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; OXYGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERSEY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645969267     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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