Plankton Community Response to Dechorination of a Municipal Effluent Discharged into the Trinity River
Description:
Chorine is used by the Village Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant to kill pathogenic microorganisms prior to discharge of the effluent into the Trinity River. The residual chlorine in the river impacted aquatic life prompting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in December 1990 to require dechlorination using sulfur dioxide. One pre-dechlorination and four post-dechlorination assessments of phytoplankton, periphyton, and zooplankton communities were conducted by the Institute of Applied Sci…
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Date:
December 1994
Creator:
Bryan, Brynne L. (Brynne Lee)
Partner:
UNT Libraries