Mining and urban impacts on semi-arid freshwater aquatic systems: The example of Mount Isa, Queensland

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 977-986

  Taylor, Mark P ^a   MacKay, Alana ^a   Kuypers, Tabitha ^a   Hudson Edwards, Karen ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; RIVER WATER; SILVER; TRACE METAL; ZINC; FRESH WATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOTA; CATCHMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; LAGOON; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUEENSLAND; URBANIZATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67651031423     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b819026g     Document Type: Article

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