Trace metal levels in benthic biota from four tributaries to the St. Lawrence River, Quebec

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-610

  Renaud, Claude B ^a   Wong, Henry K T ^b   Metcalfe Smith, Janice L ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Freshwater mussels; Lamprey larvae; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AGNATHA; BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHRISTIA; ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; FOSSOR; ICHTHYOMYZON FOSSOR; LAMPETRA APPENDIX; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

BIOMARKERS; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOMONITORING; FISH; LARVAE; MUSSELS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032309068     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1998.034     Document Type: Article

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