Lac Dufault sediment core trace metal distribution, bioavailability and toxicity to Hyalella azteca

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 532-540

  Nowierski, Monica ^a,c   Dixon, D George ^a   Borgmann, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Hyalella; Sediment core; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; MINING; SMELTING; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

HYALLELE; SEDIMENT CORE;

SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; TRACE METAL;

AMPHIPOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MINING; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; LAKE DUFAULT; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AMPHIPODA; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 29244449063     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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