Contaminant characterization in wetland media surrounding a pulp mill industrial effluent treatment facility

Agriculture & Biology

• pulp and paper mill effluents 100%
• industrial effluents 96%
• wetlands 69%
• effluents 42%
• polychlorinated dibenzofurans 39%
• polychlorinated dibenzodioxins 37%
• sediments 32%
• surface water 29%
• tissues 19%
• mercury 18%
• Libellulidae 12%
• Anisoptera (Odonata) 11%
• macroinvertebrates 10%
• arsenic 9%
• chromium 9%
• cadmium 8%
• copper 7%
• zinc 7%
• metals 6%
• sampling 6%
• larvae 5%
• testing 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• industrial effluent 81%
• pulp 68%
• mill 62%
• wetland 55%
• pollutant 42%
• PCDF 33%
• tissue 32%
• effluent 31%
• dioxin 28%
• surface water 18%
• sediment 17%
• mercury 14%
• dragonfly 12%
• macroinvertebrate 9%
• larva 8%
• chromium 8%
• arsenic 7%
• cadmium 7%
• zinc 7%
• copper 6%
• metal 5%
• comparison 3%
• test 3%