Assessment of metal attenuation in a natural wetland system impacted by alkaline mine tailings, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-190

  Kelly, J ^a   Champagne, P ^b   Michel, F ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid producing bacteria; Alkaline mine drainage; Iron reducing bacteria; Phytoremediation; Sequential extraction; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Trace metals; Typha latifolia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34548554513     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-007-0007-3     Document Type: Article

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