The benefits of biotreatment for reducing the effects of pulp and paper mill effluents on fish reproduction in laboratory tests

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 161-171

  Martel, Pierre ^a   Kovacs, Tibor ^a   Bérubé, Virginie ^b,c  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b Quebec Forest Industries Association   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effluent; Fishes; Kraft; Reproduction; Thermomechanical; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FISH; KRAFT PROCESS; LABORATORIES; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; STEROID HORMONES; THERMOMECHANICAL PULP; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

KRAFT; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENTIAL BATCH REACTORS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

CYPRINID; EGG PRODUCTION; HORMONE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MORPHOMETRY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THERMOMECHANICS; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS; FISHES; KRAFT PULPS; LABORATORIES; PAPER MAKING; PAPER MILLS; PROCESSING; PULP MILLS; REACTORS; REPRODUCTION; SLUDGE; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPS;

EID: 77952635265     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2008.019     Document Type: Article

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