The effects of tertiary treated municipal wastewater on fish communities of a small river tributary in Southern Ontario, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1923-1931

  Brown, Carolyn J M ^a   Knight, Brendan W ^a   McMaster, Mark E ^b   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^c   Oakes, Ken D ^a   Tetreault, Grald R ^a,b   Servos, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Fish community; Municipal wastewater; Stable isotope; Tertiary treatment

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

COMPETITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FISH; ISOTOPES; OUTFALLS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

STABLE ISOTOPE;

ABUNDANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIET; EFFLUENT; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER SYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRIBUTARY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM; FISH; HABITAT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RIVER; SEWER OUTFALL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERCHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SPEED RIVER;

ANHINGIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM;

EID: 79956205705     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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