Recovery of fish communities in a warm water stream following pollution abatement

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1096-1111

  Ryon, Michael G ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological recovery; Fish community; Impact assessment; Long term monitoring; Stream

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RECOVERY; FISH COMMUNITY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LONG TERM MONITORING; STREAM;

EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; FORESTRY; MONITORING; POLLUTION; RECOVERY; RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVERS;

HOT WATER;

ABATEMENT COST; ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EFFLUENT STANDARD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; HEALTH PROGRAM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959378070     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9596-x     Document Type: Article

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