Aquaculture waste sediment stability: Implications for waste migration

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Droppo, Ian G ^a   Jaskot, Chris ^a   Nelson, Tara ^a   Milne, Jacqui ^a   Charlton, Murray ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biostabilization; Critical bed shear stress; Erosion; Flocculation; Sediment stability

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; EROSION; FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BIOSTABILIZATION; CRITICAL BED SHEAR STRESS; SEDIMENT STABILITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BIOFILMS; EROSION; FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL SURVEYS;

AQUACULTURE METHOD; BIOFILM; DEWATERING; EROSION; FLOCCULATION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STABILIZATION; WASTE TRANSPORT;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEWATERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FLOW KINETICS; FUNGUS; MICROFLORA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY; WASTE;

EID: 34249819993     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9355-7     Document Type: Article

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