Effluent monitoring at a bleached kraft mill: Directions for best management practices for eliminating effects on fish reproduction

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 833-843

  Martel, Pierre H ^a   Kovacs, Tibor G ^a   O'Connor, Brian I ^a   Semeniuk, Sharon ^b   Hewitt, L Mark ^c   MacLatchy, Deborah L ^d   McMaster, Mark E ^c   Parrott, Joanne L ^c   Van Den Heuvel, Michael R ^e   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^f  

^a FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^b Domtar Corporation   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

biochemical oxygen demand; effluent; fish; Kraft; reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BIOLOGICAL EFFLUENTS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BLACK LIQUOR; BLEACHED KRAFT MILLS; BLEACHED KRAFT PULPS; EFFLUENT MONITORING; EFFLUENT VARIABILITY; EGG PRODUCTION; FATHEAD MINNOW; FINAL EFFLUENTS; GAIN INSIGHT; KRAFT; LONG TERM MONITORING; MILL SHUTDOWN; OPTIMUM OPERATIONS; ORGANICS; OXYGEN DELIGNIFICATIONS; PRODUCTION UPSETS; PULPING LIQUOR; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTION; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLEACHING; CLEANING; DELIGNIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KRAFT PROCESS; KRAFT PULP; OXYGEN; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; WATER QUALITY;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

FATTY ACID; METHYLENOMYCIN B; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CANADA; CYCLOPENTANES; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; PAPER; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BLEACHING; BOD; CLEANING; DELIGNIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FATTY ACIDS; FISHES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KRAFT PAPERS; KRAFT PULPS; PULP MILLS; WATER QUALITY;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 79958171637     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.579850     Document Type: Article

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