Contaminant Trends in Suspended Sediments in the Detroit River-Lake St. Clair-St. Clair River Corridor, 2000 to 2004

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Jia, Julia ^a   Thiessen, Lina ^a   Schachtschneider, JoAnne ^a   Waltho, Jasmine ^a   Marvin, Chris ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detroit River Lake St. Clair St. Clair River corridor; Mercury; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MANUFACTURE; MERCURY (METAL); MINERAL OILS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DETROIT RIVER; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LAKE ST. CLAIR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); RIVER CORRIDOR; SAMPLING LOCATION; STEEL MANUFACTURING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OUTFLOW; PAH; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

DETROIT RIVER; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; MICHIGAN; ROUGE RIVER; SAINT CLAIR RIVER; TRENTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649386484     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2010.008     Document Type: Article

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