Impacts of gold mine waste disposal on deepwater fish in a pristine tropical marine system

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-321

  Brewer, D T ^a   Milton, D A ^a   Fry, G C ^a   Dennis, D M ^a   Heales, D S ^a   Venables, W N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carangidae; Deepwater fish; Lutjanidae; Serranidae; Submarine tailings; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MARINE BIOLOGY; SLURRIES; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DEEP SEA TAILINGS; MINE WASTES; TRACE METALS; TROPICAL MARINE SYSTEMS;

GOLD MINES;

ARSENIC; GOLD; MERCURY; TRACE METAL;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; FISH; GOLD MINE; MARINE POLLUTION; MINE WASTE; TRACE METAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; NONHUMAN; TROPICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GOLD; LIVER; MARINE BIOLOGY; METALS; MINING; MUSCLES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

CARANGIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 33847280231     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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