Use of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to trace natural and anthropogenic inputs into riverine systems in the athabasca oil sands region

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-220

  Farwell, Andrea J ^a   Parrott, Joanne L ^b   Sherry, Jim P ^b   Tetreault, Gerald R ^b   van Meer, Terry ^c   George Dixon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial and municipal discharges; Oil sands constituents; Riverine fish; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; EFFLUENTS; FISH; ISOTOPES; MINING; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SAND; SEWAGE; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS MONITORING; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGES; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

OIL SANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BASELINE SURVEY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYPRINID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRAINAGE BASIN; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OIL SAND; RIVER SYSTEM; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA;

CATOSTOMUS CATOSTOMUS; COTTUS COGNATUS; PERCOPSIS OMISCOMAYCUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77951568803     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2009.023     Document Type: Article

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