Integrative assessment of selenium speciation, biogeochemistry, and distribution in a northern coldwater ecosystem

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 543-554

  Janz, David M ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^a   Wiramanaden, Cheryl I E ^b   Weech, Shari A ^c   Gallego Gallegos, Maria ^a   Driessnack, Melissa K ^a   Franz, Eric D ^a   Goertzen, Meghan M ^a   Phibbs, James ^a   Tse, Justin J ^a   Himbeault, Kevin T ^d   Robertson, Erin L ^e   Burnett Seidel, Charlene ^d   England, Kent ^d   Gent, Anne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Minnow Environmental   (Canada)

^c Minnow Environmental   (Canada)

^d CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^e K+S Potash   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Bioaccumulation; Selenium; Selenomethionine; Speciation

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LAKE; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84936774510     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1560     Document Type: Article

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