Impact of desalination byproducts on marine organisms: A case study at Chuja Island desalination plant in Korea

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 267-272

  Park, Gyung Soo ^a   Yoon, Seok Min ^b   Park, Kwang Seok ^b  

^a Anyang University   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chuja island desalination plant; Desalination; Environmental impact assessment; Fish; Habitat susceptibility; Phytoplankton; Toxicity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 80054947428     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2651     Document Type: Article

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