A fish kill related to an acid-metal spill (Little Sackville River, Nova Scotia, Canada)

• Published in: Revue des sciences de l'eau
• Main Author: Conrad, Cathy
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Université du Québec - INRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE) 2008
• Subjects: fish kill; contamination; impacts; acid drainage; metals; extermination des poissons; drainage acide; métaux; Canada; Minnows; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/018780ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/018780ar

This paper documents the aqueous transport of acidic drainage in the Little and Main Sackville Rivers in Nova Scotia, and contributes to a better general understanding of the movement and duration of impact in such an event. Acidic drainage has been often noted as a major environmental hazard in mai...