Assessment of the ecological effects of arsenic on a Southern Ohio, USA stream

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-319

  Huddleston III, George M ^a   Dorn, Philip B ^b   Gillespie Jr , W Barry ^c   Wong, Diana C L ^b   Slocomb, John P ^c  

^a ENTRIX   (United States)

^b Westhollow Technology Center   (United States)

^c ENTRIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Benthic community; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OHIO; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68849098824     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-006.1     Document Type: Article

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