Effect of a Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent on the Productivity of Periphyton and Phytoplankton
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 34 (6) , 856-862
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f77-136
Abstract
The short-term effect of a kraft mill effluent on the productivity of periphyton and phytoplankton in Nipigon Bay was examined. Addition of raw effluent at concentrations of 10−2 and higher consistently reduced photosynthesis of both periphyton and phytoplankton. Significant reductions were occasionally observed at effluent concentrations as low as 10−4. At high effluent concentrations pH change produced a major portion of the depression. Laboratory experiments with four compounds identified from the effluent showed dehydroabietic acid to be slightly toxic.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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