Effects of shoreline discharge of iron mine tailings on a marine soft-bottom community in northern Chile

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 303-312

  Lancellotti, D A ^a   Stotz, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Iron mine tailing; Soft bottom; Subtidal macrobenthic assemblages

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CLAY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); IRON; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY;

POLYCHAETES; SOFT BOTTOM ASSEMBLAGES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

IRON;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; IRON; MACROBENTHOS; POLLUTION EFFECT; TAILINGS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCHAETA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITY;

CHILEAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CAPITELLIDA; CUMACEA; DIASTYLIS; DIASTYLIS TONGOYENSIS; LUMBRINERIS; LUMBRINERIS BIFILARIS; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA;

EID: 1242296826     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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