Field- and laboratory-determined behavioral avoidance and gill histological alterations of fish in response to acidic and alkaline pH conditions

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of extreme acidic and alkaline pH excursions of fish populations in streams receiving fly ash settling basin effluent. Fish communities were sampled above and below the effluent outfall in a mountain stream, Adair Run, adjacent to the coal-fired...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitaker, James Bernhard
Other Authors: Zoology
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82889