Monitoring water quality in Sydney Harbour using blue mussels during remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds, Nova Scotia, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1623-1638

  Walker, Tony R ^a   MacAskill, Devin ^a  

^a DILLON CONSULTING LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis); Chemical contaminants; Monitoring; Remediation; Sydney Tar Ponds

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAKES; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMEDIATION; TAR; TOOLS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; MONITORING WATER QUALITY; MYTILUS EDULIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SYDNEY TAR PONDS;

MOLLUSCS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; FLUORANTHENE; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HARBOR; PAH; PCB; REMEDIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; POND; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; SYDNEY HARBOUR [NOVA SCOTIA];

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NOVA SCOTIA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895788637     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3479-6     Document Type: Article

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