Remobilization and export of cadmium from lake sediments by emerging insects

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2333-2338

  Currie, Robert S ^b   Fairchild, Wayne L ^a,b   Muir, Derek C G ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Contaminants; Export; Insect emergence; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LAKE WATER;

CADMIUM; EMERGENCE; LAKE SEDIMENT; REMOBILIZATION;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA, LAKE L382;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ODONATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0030821324     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2333:RAEOCF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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