Food chain organisms in industrial waste water ponds

The following thesis research examined the algae and invertebrates making up a food chain in two, hypersaline, industrial waste water ponds at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Phoenix, Arizona. The ponds had high levels of total salts (65 g/l, mainly NaCl), nitrate (580 mg/l), BOD (31.6 mg/l) and algae (up to 650,000 cells/ml). Currently, the only toxic element of concern is selenium (16-41...