An assessment of the influence of multiple stressors on the Vaal River, South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 949-962

  Wepener, V ^a   van Dyk, C ^a   Bervoets, L ^b   O'Brien, G ^a   Covaci, A ^b   Cloete, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomarkers; Multiple stressors; Risk assessment; Vaal River

Indexed keywords

ACETYCHOLINE; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CELLULAR ENERGY; CYTOCHROME P450; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIELD SAMPLING; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH KILLS; FISH POPULATIONS; FISH TISSUE; HEALTH INDICES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METALLOTHIONEINS; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; SUB-CELLULAR; VAAL RIVER; VAAL RIVER BARRAGE; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAMS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENZYMES; FISH; FISHERIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; TISSUE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HCH; HEAVY METAL; IMMUNOASSAY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA; VAAL RIVER;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 80054060400     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.075     Document Type: Article

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