Dispersal of contaminants from municipal discharges as evidenced from sedimentary records in a great lakes coastal wetland, Cootes Paradise, Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 544-558

  Mayer, Tatiana ^a   Bennie, Don ^a   Rosa, Fernando ^a   Palabrica, Virginia ^a   Rekas, Gregory ^a   Schachtschneider, Joanne ^a   Marvin, Chris ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkylphenols; Coprostanol; Faecal sterols; Municipal discharges; Nonylphenol; Phosphorus; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COMBINED SEWERS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; LAKES; LIPIDS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALKYLPHENOLS; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; COPROSTANOL; FAECAL STEROLS; GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS; NONYLPHENOLS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; DISPERSAL; FISH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPAWNING GROUND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; COOTES PARADISE MARSH; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 53649109369     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[544:DOCFMD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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