Study of the rate of uptake and bioaccumulation of contaminants from marine sediments for ocean dumping / prepared for Environmental Protection Service; prepared by E.V.S. Consultants.: En40-928/1984E-PDF
"Bioaccumulation of cadmium, lead and mercury by two species of marine polychaete worms (Nereis virens, Capitella capitata), and a clam (Macoma balthica) was assessed during prolonged laboratory exposures to four marine sediments. N. virens and C. capitata were exposed for two and three month periods respectively, and M. balthica for six months. The three sediments tested each represented a different industrialized area: a harbor drydock/ship repair facility (Vancouver Harbor); a heavily industrialized embayment (False Creek); and an area receiving pulp mill effluent discharge (Powell River). A fourth sediment collected from an area with no known sources of contamination (Bedwell Bay) served as a reference"--Summary, page vi.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environmental Protection Service, issuing body. E.V.S. Consultants Ltd., consultant. |
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| Title | Study of the rate of uptake and bioaccumulation of contaminants from marine sediments for ocean dumping / prepared for Environmental Protection Service; prepared by E.V.S. Consultants. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. "Project 478." Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-29). |
| Publishing information | West Vancouver, B.C. : Environmental Protection Service, February, 1984. |
| Description | 1 online resource (viii, 29 pages, 15 unnumbered pages) : graphs |
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| Subject terms | Marine sediments -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia. Contaminated sediments -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia. Marine pollution -- British Columbia. Sédiments marins -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Colombie-Britannique. Sédiments contaminés -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Colombie-Britannique. Pollution marine -- Colombie-Britannique. |