Evaluation of sediment quality guidelines derived using the screening-level concentration approach for application at uranium operations in Saskatchewan, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1593-1602

  Burnett Seidel, Charlene ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Metals; Radionuclides; Screening level concentration (SLC) approach; Sediment quality guidelines; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSIONS; MILLING OPERATION; ONTARIO , CANADA; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; SAMPLING SITE; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SCREENING-LEVEL CONCENTRATION (SLC) APPROACH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; URANIUM MINING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEAD; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

URANIUM;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; LEAD 210; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLONIUM; RADIUM 226; SELENIUM; URANIUM; VANADIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; MILLING; MINING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANADA; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAND; SCREENING LEVEL CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINE; URANIUM MINE;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; MINING; SASKATCHEWAN; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857367498     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2063-1     Document Type: Article

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