Minor improvement for intertidal seaweeds and invertebrates after acid mine drainage diversion at Britannia Beach, Pacific Canada

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1040-1047

  Zis, Thalia ^a,b   Ronningen, Vera ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Britannia Mine; British Columbia; Fucus gardneri; Intertidal community structure; Mytilus trossulus

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER MINES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEAWEED;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA; INTERTIDAL SEAWEEDS; INVERTIBRATES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COPPER; METAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMEDIATION; SEAWEED; SURVIVAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEASHORE; SEAWEED; SOIL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWEED; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BRITANNIA BEACH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS GARDNERI; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 2542456635     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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