Selenium Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Guide for Hazard Evaluation and Water Quality Criteria

This book is a practical handbook for everyone dealing with selenium in aquatic environments. It offers field-tested approaches and methods for assessment and water quality management. Using his twenty- year experience, the author discusses the effects of selenium on fish and bird populations and presents guidelines for interpreting selenium concentrations, assessing hazards, setting water quality criteria and implementing monitoring practices. Selenium Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems will interest field scientists, natural resource managers, risk assessors and environmental planners.