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Long range contamination and transport of toxic organic chemicals in the St. Lawrence, Fraser and Mackenzie Rivers of Canada / R.J. Allan.: En13-5/91-17E-PDF

"Many of Canada's largest rivers, in terms of discharge and drainage area, are contaminated by toxic organic chemicals. For economic-population reasons, most of the toxic organic chemical transport and fate research on large rivers has been conducted on the high discharge "rivers" which connect the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River which drains the lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. To a lesser extent, two of Canada's other major rivers, the Fraser flowing to the Pacific Ocean and the Mackenzie flowing to the Arctic Ocean, have also been the subject of specific toxic organic chemical transport investigations. This paper overviews some of the results obtained over the last decade as they relate to two aspects of contamination of large rivers by toxic organic chemicals: 1) forms and 2) degree, of long-range transport"--Management perspective.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • National Water Research Institute (Canada)
TitleLong range contamination and transport of toxic organic chemicals in the St. Lawrence, Fraser and Mackenzie Rivers of Canada / R.J. Allan.
Series title
  • NWRI contribution ; no. 91-17
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "This paper was an invited presentation at the Symposium “Gestion Environnementale des Eaux Continentales", as part of the "Quatrième Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier", Arles, France, 1990."
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes management perspective in French.
Publishing information
  • Burlington, Ontario : National Water Research Institute = Institut national de recherche sur les eaux, [1991]
Author / Contributor
  • Allan, R. J., author.
Description1 online resource (3 unnumbered pages, 13 pages) : illustrations.
Catalogue number
  • En13-5/91-17E-PDF
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