Effects of metal mining effluent on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus): Using artificial streams to assess existing effects and predict future consequences

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 343, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 135-154

  Dube M G ^a   MacLatchy, D L ^b   Kieffer, J D ^b   Glozier, N E ^a   Culp, J M ^a   Cash, K J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial streams; Atlantic salmon; Fish condition; Mesocosm; Metal mining discharge; Slimy sculpin

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; FLUORINE; TITANIUM;

INVERTEBRATES; METAL MINING; MODULAR ARTIFICIAL STREAM SYSTEM; MULTITROPHIC LEVEL;

MINES;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISH; HEAVY METAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALGA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BODY BURDEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FEEDING; FISH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIVER WEIGHT; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; COTTIDAE; COTTUS COGNATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 18144412435     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.037     Document Type: Article

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