Chemical and physical speciation of arsenic in a small pond receiving gold mine waste effluent

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 370-375

  Sproal, Rachel ^a   Turoczy, Nicholas J ^a   Stagnitti, Frank ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fish; Gold; Mining; Polarography; Pollution; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD;

ARSENIC; EFFLUENT; GOLD MINE; POND; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; EFFLUENT; MINING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POND; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GOLD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AUSTRALIA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0036867991     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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