Biota - Sediment partitioning of aluminium smelter related PAHs and pulp mill related diterpenes by intertidal clams at Kitimat, British Columbia

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 105-126

  Yunker, Mark B ^a   Lachmuth, Cara L ^b   Cretney, Walter J ^a   Fowler, Brian R ^c   Dangerfield, Neil ^b   White, Linda ^b   Ross, Peter S ^b  

^a Institute of Ocean Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Axys Analytical Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminium smelter; Bioavailability; BSAF; Diterpene; Mya arenaria; PAH; Partial least squares; Principal components analysis; Pulp mill

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANODES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COKE; COMBUSTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MOLLUSCS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PULP; PULP MANUFACTURE; SEDIMENTS; SHELLFISH; SMELTING; TERPENES; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

ALUMINIUM SMELTER; BIOAVAILABILITY; BSAF; DITERPENES; MYA ARENARIA; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COKE; DEHYDROABIETANE; DITERPENE; FERRUGINOL; MANOOL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RETENE; TOTAROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALUMINUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTA; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PAH; PARTITIONING; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SMELTING; TERPENE;

ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTA; CANADA; CLAM; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYA; PAPER INDUSTRY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PULP MILL; PULPING; SEDIMENT; SHIPPING; SMELTER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALUMINUM; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; COKE; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; PULP MILLS; PULPS; SMELTING; THUJA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KITIMAT;

BIVALVIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; MYA ARENARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80051863847     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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