Distribution of contaminants in biota and sediments in the Musquash Estuary, Atlantic Canada, marine protected area site initiative and contaminant exclusion zone

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 884-893

  Chou, C L ^a   Paon, L A ^a   Moffatt, J D ^a   Buzeta, M I ^b   Fenton, D ^a   Rutherford, R J ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American lobster; Blue mussel; Contaminant exclusion zones; Marine environmental quality; Marine protected areas; Metals; Musquash; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTS;

ABIOTIC COMPONENTS; MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA); MUSSELS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COPPER; SILVER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LOBSTER; MUSSEL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NEPHROPIDAE; NEW BRUNSWICK; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 2542421860     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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