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Wildlife health implications of sewage disposal in wetlands Wildlife health implications of sewage disposal in wetlands

Wildlife health concerns associated with disposal of sewage effluent in wetlands are of three primary types: (1) introduction of pathogens, (2) introduction of pollutants that adversely impact on host body defense mechanisms, and (3) changes in the physical and chemical properties of wetlands that favor the development and maintenance of disease problems. Unlike the situation with human...
Authors
M. Friend

Interstitial water methods Interstitial water methods

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Authors
Frank T. Manheim, J. M. Gieskes
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