Individual and cumulative effects of agriculture, forestry and metal mining activities on the metal and phosphorus content of fluvial fine-grained sediment; Quesnel River Basin, British Columbia, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 435-442

  Smith, Tyler B ^a,b   Owens, Philip N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Cumulative effects; Environmental stressors; Metals and metalloids; Sediment and water quality; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; METAL MINING; METALS AND METALLOIDS; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; RIVER BASINS;

IMPURITIES;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; METAL; PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FORESTRY; METAL; MINING; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; ;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORESTRY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAND USE; MINING; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; QUESNEL BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; MINING; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905404542     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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