Effect of local sources on metal concentrations in littoral sediments and aquatic macroinvertebrates of the St. Lawrence River, near Cornwall, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 113-125

  Filion, A ^a   Morin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CANADA; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IRON; LEAD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MERCURY; METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0034065978     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-57-s1-113     Document Type: Article

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