Heavy metal contamination in an urban stream fed by contaminated air-conditioning and stormwater discharges

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 903-911

  O'Sullivan, Aisling ^a   Wicke, Daniel ^a   Cochrane, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Heavy metal contamination; Stormwater flow

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; OXYGEN; RAIN; ZINC;

AIR CONDITIONING; BASEFLOW; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DISTURBANCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EPHEMERAL STREAM; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOLUBILITY; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84857501469     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0639-5     Document Type: Article

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