Potential impacts of water injection dredging on water quality and ecotoxicity in Limehouse Basin, River Thames, SE England, UK

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 509-521

  Spencer, K L ^a   Dewhurst, R E ^b   Penna, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MWH   (United Kingdom)

^c Agilent Technologies Italia SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulphides; Ammonia; Ecotoxicity; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATCHMENTS; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; GRAVITATION; MIXTURES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER INJECTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID VOLATILE SULPHIDES; ECOTOXICITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY; WATER INJECTION DREDGING (WID);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; METAL;

AMMONIA; CATCHMENTS; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVITATION; MIXTURES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER INJECTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; BASIN; BIOTA; FRESHWATER; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DREDGING; ECOTOXICITY; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 33645928744     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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