A long-term, multitrophic level study to assess pulp and paper mill effluent effects on aquatic communities in four US receiving waters: Background and status

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Hall, Timothy J ^a   Fisher, Robert P ^a   Rodgers Jr , John H ^b   Minshall, G Wayne ^c   Landis, Wayne G ^d   Kovacs, Tibor G ^e   Firth, Barry K ^f   Dubé, Monique G ^g   Deardorff, Thomas L ^h   Borton, Dennis L ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^f FP Innovations/Paprican ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Fish water quality; Long term monitoring; Macroinvertebrate; Pulp paper mill effluent periphyton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; RIVER; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68849121770     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-053.1     Document Type: Article

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