Alteration of Availability of Heavy Metals to Aquatic Microflora by Complexation with Organics Associated with Oil Shale Development

Authors

Bruce S. Mok
Jay J. Messer

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

January 1983

Abstract

Leachates from both raw (unretorted) and Paraho retorted oil shale show the ability to bind copper, and perhaps cadmium, strongly enough to mitigate the inhibitory effects of these metals on the growth of the test algal,

Recommended Citation

Mok, Bruce S. and Messer, Jay J., "Alteration of Availability of Heavy Metals to Aquatic Microflora by Complexation with Organics Associated with Oil Shale Development" (1983). Reports. Paper 195.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/water_rep/195