Biological monitoring of the impacts of the Ok Tedi copper mine on fish populations in the Fly River system, Papua New Guinea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 99-111

  Swales, S ^a   Storey, A W ^a,b   Roderick, I D ^a   Figa, B S ^a   Bakowa, K A ^a   Tenakanai, C D ^a  

^a Ok Tedi Mining Limited   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Copper mine; Fish populations; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

BIOMONITOR; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; COPPER MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECTS; RIVER WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FISH; MINING; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, FLY RIVER;

EID: 0032543448     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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