Sediment redox tracers in Strait of Georgia sediments - Can they inform us of the loadings of organic carbon from municipal wastewater?

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Macdonald, R W ^a   Johannessen, S C ^a   Gobeil, C ^b   Wright, C ^a   Burd, B ^c   Roodselaar, A van ^d   Pedersen, T F ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c Ecostat Research Limited   (Canada)

^d Metro Vancouver   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulphide; Municipal outfalls; Organic carbon; Redox elements

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULPHIDE; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BASIN SEDIMENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON OXIDATION RATE; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; GEORGIA; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; ORGANIC LOADINGS; ORGANIC OXIDATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; ZONE OF INFLUENCES;

LEAD; LOADING; MANGANESE; METABOLISM; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ORGANIC CARBON; OUTFALLS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBON; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILVER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 61549129953     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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