Persistent mortality of brook trout in episodically acidified streams of the Southwestern Adirondack Mountains, New York

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-134

  Baldigo, Barry P ^a   Lawrence, Gregory ^a   Simonin, Howard ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID WATER; ALUMINUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; STREAMWATER; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33847363554     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-043.1     Document Type: Article

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