Sediment, perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) and bottom fauna as indicators of effluent discharged from the pulp and paper mill complex at Kemi, Northern Finland

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 325-343

  Pöykiö, Risto ^a   Taskila, Eero ^b   Perämäki, Paavo ^c   Nurmesniemi, Hannu ^d   Kivilinna, Veli Antti ^e   Kuokkanen, Toivo ^c   Virta, Pirkko ^b  

^a City of Kemi   (Finland)

^b PSV Maa Ja Vesi Oy Jaakko Poyry I   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d Stora Enso   (Finland)

^e Metsä Botnia Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

chlorophenols; EOX; Mesidotea entomon; Perca fluviatilis; Pontoporeia affinis; pulp and paper mills; trichloroguaiacols; Valvata spp

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC HALOGENS (EOX); ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PERCH;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PURIFICATION; SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

GUAIACOL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOINDICATOR; EFFLUENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PERCH; PULP MILL; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MICROFLORA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PAPER MILLS; PULP MILLS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GULF OF BOTHNIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PONTOPOREIA AFFINIS; SADURIA ENTOMON; VALVATA;

EID: 6044272965     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000044863.25825.e0     Document Type: Article

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