Effects of pollution on freshwater fish and amphibians

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · J. - Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5294024

Pickering, Q H; Hunt, E P; Phipps, G L; Roush, T H; Smith, W E; Spehar, D L; Stephan, C E; Tanner, D K

A literature review is presented dealing with studies on the effects of pollution on freshwater fish and amphibians. The pollutants studied included acid mine drainage, PCBs, cadmium, lead, naphthalene, plutonium, in addition to several studies dealing with pH effects. (JMT)

• Research Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Research Lab., Duluth, MN
• OSTI ID: 5294024
• Journal Information: J. - Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States), Vol. 55:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CADMIUM
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
LEAD
NAPHTHALENE
PLUTONIUM
WATER POLLUTION
AMPHIBIANS
FISHES
FRESH WATER
PH VALUE
POLLUTANTS
REVIEWS
ACTINIDES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
METALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
VERTEBRATES
WATER
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