Reduced metals concentrations of water, sediment and Hyalella Azteca from lakes in the vicinity of the sudbury metal smelters, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 27-44

  Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a,b   Pascoe, D ^b   Borgmann, U ^c   Norwood, W P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic pollution; Hyalella azteca; Lakes; Metals; Sediment; Smelter; Sudbury

Indexed keywords

HYALELLA AZTECA; METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

LAKES; METAL ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BARIUM; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; SMELTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PH; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT; SMELTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CRUSTACEA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; ONTARIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; SUDBURY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 33747493851     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7674-6     Document Type: Article

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