Toxicity and metal speciation in acid mine drainage treated by passive bioreactors

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1659-1667

  Neculita, Carmen Mihaela ^a   Vigneault, Bernard ^b   Zagury, Gerald J ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acute sublethal toxicity; Metal speciation; Sulfate reducing passive bioreactors; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACUTE TOXICITIES; ACUTE/SUBLETHAL TOXICITY; CARBON SOURCES; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; COLUMN BIOREACTORS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DISCHARGE LIMITS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES; LEMNA MINOR; META L SULFIDES; METAL SPECIATION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PASSIVE TREATMENT; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POST TREATMENTS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SUB-LETHAL TOXICITY; SULFATE-REDUCING; SULFATE-REDUCING PASSIVE BIOREACTORS; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION; TREATED EFFLUENT;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALKALINITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DRAINAGE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IRON; METALS; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; SULFATE MINERALS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

TOXICITY;

IRON; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; IRON; PH; SALMONID; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; TOXICITY TEST; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACUTE TOXICITY; AERATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DAPHNIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; MINING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LEMNA MINOR; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 48949083600     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-654.1     Document Type: Article

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