Effect of an acid mine drainage effluent on phytoplankton biomass and primary production at Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1585-1594

  Levings, C D ^a   Varela, D E ^b,c   Mehlenbacher, N M ^a,d   Barry, K L ^a   Piercey, G E ^a   Guo, M ^b   Harrison, P J ^b,e  

^a Fisheries and Oceans Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d Viridian Coastal Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^e HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Britannia Mine; British Columbia; Copper; Phytoplankton; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER MINES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); PHYTOPLANKTON;

EFFLUENTS;

COPPER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; COPPER; MARINE POLLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COLOMBIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EFFLUENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HOWE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28444458096     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.032     Document Type: Article

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