Ecotoxicological effects of brine discharge on marine community by seawater desalination

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 240-247

  Yoon, Sung Jin ^a   Park, Gyung Soo ^a  

^a Anyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Brine; Copepod; Desalination; Macroalgae; Olive flounder; Phytoplankton; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; ROTIFERA; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; TETRASELMIS SUECICA; TIGRIOPUS JAPONICUS; ULVA; ULVA PERTUSA;

EID: 80054929746     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2644     Document Type: Article

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