Using a macroalgal δ15N bioassay to detect cruise ship waste water effluent inputs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1762-1771

  Kaldy, James ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Cruise ships; Macroalgae; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes; Waste water

Indexed keywords

CRUISE SHIPS; FIELD CONDITIONS; ISOTOPE SHIFTS; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; LOADING CONDITION; MACROALGAE; N CONTENT; N VALUE; STABLE ISOTOPES; ULVA SPP;

ALGAE; BIOASSAY; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; SEWAGE; SHIPS; WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; NITROGEN 15; POTASSIUM NITRATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; GREEN ALGA; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; SHIPPING; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTEWATER;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MACROALGA; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SHIPPING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; SHIP; ULVA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; ULVA;

ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SHIPS; ULVA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79960404030     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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