Comparative floc-bed sediment trace element partitioning across variably contaminated aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-216

  Elliott, Amy V C ^a   Plach, Janina M ^a   Droppo, Ian G ^a,b   Warren, Lesley A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BED SEDIMENTS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; ELEMENT PARTITIONING; EXOPOLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; LIVE CELL; OXYHYDROXIDES; SITE-SPECIFIC;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

AMORPHOUS OXYHYDROXIDE; ARSENIC; COBALT; COPPER; HYDROXIDE; NICKEL; SILVER; SORBENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOCCULATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BED SEDIMENT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOC SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SOLID; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FLOCCULATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROXIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84855301426     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202221u     Document Type: Article

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