Derivation and use of sediment quality guidelines for ecological risk assessment of metals and radionuclides released to the environment from uranium mining and milling activities in Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 71-85

  Thompson, P A ^a   Kurias, J ^a   Mihok, S ^a  

^a CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Ecological risk assessment; Metals; Radionuclides; Sediment quality guidelines; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; METALS; MINING; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM MINES;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; URANIUM MILLING; URANIUM MINING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; SELENIUM; URANIUM; VANADIUM;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; INVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METAL INDUSTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; URANIUM MINE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 29444436042     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-6291-0     Document Type: Article

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