Arsenic in the Meager Creek hot springs environment, British Columbia, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 236, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 101-117

  Koch, Iris ^a   Feldmann, Jörg ^b   Wang, Lixia ^a   Andrewes, Paul ^a   Reimer, Ken J ^c   Cullen, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fungi; Hot springs; Microbial mats; Plants; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; THERMAL SPRING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; ARSENIC; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRYOPSIDA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; FUNGI; HEAT; LICHENS; PLANTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

ALGAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRYOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; MIMULUS (ANGIOSPERM); TAZZETTA;

EID: 0032857702     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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