Distribution of heavy metals in sediments of the Detroit River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 442-454

  Szalinska, Ewa ^a,b   Drouillard, Ken G ^a   Fryer, Brian ^a   Haffner, G Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Area of Concern; Contaminated sediments; Metals; Strong and weak extraction

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; HEAVY METALS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYING;

AREA OF CONCERN; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; LOWEST EFFECT LEVEL (LEL); STRONG AND WEAK EXTRACTION;

RIVERS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAVY METAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY; WATER FLOW;

DETROIT RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750353905     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[442:DOHMIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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