Marcellus and mercury: Assessing potential impacts of unconventional natural gas extraction on aquatic ecosystems in northwestern Pennsylvania

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 482-500

  Grant, Christopher J ^a   Weimer, Alexander B ^b   Marks, Nicole K ^a   Perow, Elliott S ^a   Oster, Jacob M ^a   Brubaker, Kristen M ^c   Trexler, Ryan V ^d   Solomon, Caroline M ^e   Lamendella, Regina ^a  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; biodiversity; brook trout; crayfish; hydraulic fracturing; macroinvertebrates; Marcellus shale; mercury; microbial community; water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MERCURY (METAL); MICROORGANISMS; NATURAL GAS; RIVERS; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHELLFISH; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BROOK TROUT; CRAYFISH; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MARCELLUS SHALES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MARCELLUS; MARCELLUS SHALE NATURAL GAS; MERCURY; NATURAL GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BROOK TROUT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FOREST DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; ETHICS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PROCEDURES; SALMONINE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASTACOIDEA; BRYOPHYTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; ASTACOIDEA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FOOD CHAIN; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MERCURY; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENNSYLVANIA; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84924405017     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2015.992670     Document Type: Article

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