Effects of acid rock drainage on stocked rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): An In-Situ, caged fish experiment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 111-127

  Todd, Andrew S ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^a   Jaros, Chris L ^a   Marchitto, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Ecotoxicology; In situ exposure; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH STRESS; RAINBOW TROUT;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; ZINC;

DRAINAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HEADWATER; MORTALITY; TOXICITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GILL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; RIVER; ROCK; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACID RAIN; ANIMALS; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34249890799     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9382-7     Document Type: Article

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