Ecotoxicity of snowpack collected from selected sites in Québec, Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 121-133

  Gagné, François ^a   Poissant, Laurier ^a   Blaise, Christian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Bacteria; Bioassays; Biomarkers; Fish liver cells; Mercury; Micro algae; Micro invertebrates; Snowpack; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MERCURY; MICRO-ALGAE; MICRO-INVERTEBRATES; SNOWPACK;

AIR POLLUTION; AVIATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CELLS; LIVER; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); PHYTOPLANKTON; SMELTING; SNOW; ZINC;

TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; SNOW;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ISLAND; MICROALGA; POLLUTION; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANADA; COELENTERATE; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; RAINBOW TROUT;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALGAE; HYDRA VULGARIS; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 67449126319     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9932-4     Document Type: Article

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