Monitoring the remediation of a near shore waste disposal site in Antarctica using the amphipod Paramoera walkeri and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1595-1610

  Stark, Jonathan S ^a   Johnstone, Glenn J ^a   Palmer, Anne S ^a,b   Snape, Ian ^a   Larner, Bronwyn L ^c   Riddle, Martin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biomonitor; DGTs; Environmental impact; Metals; Paramoera walkeri

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; DIFFUSION; SHORE PROTECTION; THIN FILMS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODS; BIOMONITORS; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN FILMS (DGT); PARAMOERA WALKERI;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; METAL; RUNOFF; TIN;

AMPHIPOD; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL METHOD; METAL; MORTALITY; REMEDIATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARAMOERA WALKERI; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASHORE; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; BROWN BAY; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

AMPHIPODA; PARAMOERA WALKERI;

EID: 33751324814     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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