Implications of pulsed chemical exposures for aquatic life criteria and wastewater permit limits

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5132-5138

  Diamond, Jerome M ^a   Klaine, Stephen J ^b   Butcher, Jonathan B ^a  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; DAPHNIA; PULSED CHEMICAL EXPOSURES;

AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; COPPER; ZINC;

AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; AMMONIA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; COPPER; CRUSTACEAN; MORTALITY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DAPHNIA; EXPOSURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; COPPER; DAPHNIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33747453111     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0604358     Document Type: Article

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