Effects of mining activities on heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, and macroinvertebrates in different reaches of the Pilcomayo River, South America

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-323

  Smolders, A J P ^a   Lock, R A C ^a   Van der Velde, G ^a   Medina Hoyos, R I ^b   Roelofs, J G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Dpto de Estructuras y Ciencias de Los Materiales   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINING; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; FLOTATION; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPPER; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344406988     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-2042-1     Document Type: Article

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