Petroleum coke and soft tailings sediment in constructed wetlands may contribute to the uptake of trace metals by algae and aquatic invertebrates

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-186

  Baker, Leanne F ^a   Ciborowski, Jan J H ^a   MacKinnon, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b OSPM Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca oil sands; Constructed wetland; Microcosm; Petroleum coke; Reclamation; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; AQUATIC MICROCOSM; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED LEVEL; IN-SITU; MACRO-ALGAE; MCMURRAY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROCOSM; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SURFACE LAYERS; TRACE METAL; WETLAND INVERTEBRATES; WETLAND PLANTS; WETLAND SEDIMENTS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GYPSUM; LAND RECLAMATION; METALS; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM COKE; RECLAMATION; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; TISSUE; WATER; WETLANDS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM COKE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZINC;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHAROPHYTE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRAGONFLY; LAND RECLAMATION; MACROALGA; MICROCOSM; MINE WASTE; OIL SAND; POREWATER; SEDIMENT; SULFUR; TAILINGS; TRACE METAL;

AESNID; ALGA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHARA; CHIRONOMINAE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LYMNAEIDAE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; SOFT TAILING SEDIMENT; TREND STUDY;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CHARA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GROUNDWATER; INSECTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM; WASTE PRODUCTS; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA; FORT MCMURRAY;

AESHNIDAE; ALGAE; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CHARA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855535476     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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