Assessing toxicity of mining effluents: Equilibrium- and kinetics-based metal speciation and algal bioassay

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Gopalapillai, Yamini ^a,b   Chakrabarti, Chuni L ^a   Lean, David R S ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Bioavailability; Chronic toxicity; Metal speciation; Mining effluents

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; LIGAND; MINE WASTE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY;

ALGAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 50249179584     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN08027     Document Type: Article

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