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    Identification and Quantification of Organic Selenium Species Produced by Microbiological Activity in Freshwater Environments

    Year: 2016, 2016
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): LeBlanc, Kelly Lynn, Thesis advisor (ths): Wallschlaeger, Dirk, Degree committee member (dgc): Evans, R. Douglas, Degree committee member (dgc): Belzile, Nelson, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Despite being an essential nutrient at trace levels, selenium can be devastating to aquatic environments when present in excess. There is no apparent correlation between total aqueous selenium concentrations and observed toxic effects because bioaccumulation varies over several orders of magnitude depending on the chemical species of selenium and the biological species present in the… more