Spatial and temporal trends in sediment contamination in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-331

  Marvin, Christopher H ^a   Charlton, Murray N ^a   Stern, Gary A ^b   Braekevelt, Eric ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^c   Painter, Scott ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Ontario; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Sediment

Indexed keywords

LAKES; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC BIOTA;

CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE ONTARIO); NORTH AMERICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0038011044     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70437-7     Document Type: Article

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