Performance of some diversity and biotic indices in rivers affected by coal mining in northwestern Spain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 394, Issue , 1999, Pages 209-217

  Garcia Criado F ^a   Tome A ^a   Vega, F J ^a   Antolin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; Coal mining pollution; Diversity indices; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; POLLUTANT; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032774059     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003634228863     Document Type: Article

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