ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MANGANESE AND
PROPOSED FRESHWATER GUIDELINES TO
PROTECT AQUATIC LIFE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA


Table of Contents

ABSTRACT
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS
4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.3 TOXICTY TEST RESULTS - ALL STUDIES
4.3.1 Acute Toxicity Data - All Studies
5.0 CONCLUSIONS
6.0 REFERENCES

Data Charts and Tables
Aquatic Toxicity Data - All Studies
Acute Regression Line /Acute Regression Line - All Studies
Manganese vs. Hardness Chronic Regression - 6 Point

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MANGANESE AND
PROPOSED FRESHWATER GUIDELINES TO
PROTECT AQUATIC LIFE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

By

Peter Samuel Reimer

B.Sc. (Agriculture), University of British Columbia, 1988

A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Department of Chemical & Bio-Resource Engineering
Bio-Resource Engineering Program

We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard

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April 1999

© Peter Samuel Reimer, 1999