Marine Organisms as Indicators of Heavy Metal Pollution-Experience from 16 Years of Monitoring at a Lead Zinc Mine in Greenland
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chemistry and Ecology
- Vol. 5 (1) , 35-55
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02757549108035243
Abstract
In monitoring the impact of a lead-zinc mine in Greenland, species of fish, prawns, seaweed and mussels have been analysed for cadmium, copper, lead and zinc for several years. These metals have been released to the marine environment in significant amounts from the mining operation.Keywords
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