BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF A PULP AND PAPER-MILL WASTE-WATER

被引:2
作者
SCARLETT, G
HARRIS, J
机构
[1] Australian Paper Manufacturers, Morwell, 3840, Vic, Maryvale Mill
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10.1007/BF00677925
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The physico-chemical testing required under the E.P.A. licence enables one to gauge the chemical effects of the APM wastewater on the Latrobe River, but it tells us nothing about likely effects on the aquatic biota. The APM bio-monitoring programme was instigated to provide evidence of any effects of wastewater discharges on the rivers biota. To date the programme has shown no adverse impact downstream. The laboratory bioassays on fish and algae have recently given way to the river fauna surveys as the regular monitor of wastewater quality. It is intended to continue with regular river surveys using the river's residents as indicators of water quality and future surveys will investigate reasons for the presently obscure variation in macro-invertebrate populations. © 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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页码:335 / 345
页数:11
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