Recovery of a stream macroinvertebrate community from mine drainage disturbance

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Nelson, S Mark ^a   Roline, Richard A ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; macroinvertebrates; metals pollution; metrics; recovery; Rhithrogena hageni; weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; RHITHROGENA HAGENI; TRICHOPTERA;

MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINE DRAINAGE;

EID: 0030299179     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00008915     Document Type: Article

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