Cadmium in aquatic ecosystems in Western
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M. Bennet-Chambers; P. Davies; B. Knott
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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More than 273 tonnes of cadmium have been added to Western Australian ecosystems through the application of superphosphate fertilisers since 1982. Fifty percent of this is water soluble and therefore eventually leaches into waterbodies and accumulates in the sediments. From this source, it enters th