Hydraulic "fracking": Are surface water impacts an ecological concern?

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1679-1689

  Burton, G Allen ^a   Basu, Niladri ^b   Ellis, Brian R ^a   Kapo, Katherine E ^c   Entrekin, Sally ^d   Nadelhoffer, Knute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Waterborne Environmental Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Ecological risk assessment; Fracking; Water quality stressor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE OIL; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; URBAN GROWTH;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION; FRACKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; WATER-QUALITY STRESSOR;

SURFACE WATERS;

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BORIC ACID; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GUAR GUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; MACROGOL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NATURAL GAS; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POTASSIUM CARBONATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SOLVENT; SURFACE WATER;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HIGH VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; TECHNOLOGY; WATERSHED; WILDLIFE;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FRACKING; WATER-QUALITY STRESSOR;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS, NATURAL; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904393144     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2619     Document Type: Article

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