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Cominco sediment bioassays, sediment and water chemistry, October and November 1991 / by Benoit Godin and Michael Hagen.: En40-241/92-13E-PDF

"Slag was collected from the Cominco Lead Smelter in Trail, B.C. and tested for toxicity using standard Daphnia magna sediment bioassays. Following the results of the test, sediments were collected from Columbia River sites upstream and downstream of the Cominco discharge. The supernatant waters in the bioassays for both the Cominco slag and the downstream sediment were toxic. The acute toxicity is attributed at least partly to elevated levels of copper and zinc. The physical abrasive effect of sharp fine particles may have been a factor. No attempt was made in these tests to distinguish between physical and chemical effects"--Abstract, page i.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canada. Environmental Protection Directorate. Pacific and Yukon Region.
TitleCominco sediment bioassays, sediment and water chemistry, October and November 1991 / by Benoit Godin and Michael Hagen.
Series title
  • Regional data report ; DR 92-13
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "May 1992."
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 13).
  • Issued also in print format.
  • Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information
  • North Vancouver, B.C. : Environment Canada, Conservation and Protection, Environmental Protection, Pacific and Yukon Region, 1992.
Author / Contributor
  • Godin, Benoit, author.
Description1 online resource (iv, 14 pages, 6 unnumbered pages) : maps.
Catalogue number
  • En40-241/92-13E-PDF
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