Influence of drainage from old mine deposits on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in central Swedish streams

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2415-2423

  Malmqvist, Björn ^a   Hoffsten, Per Ola ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Copper; Heavy metals; Species richness; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; COPPER; DRAINAGE; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; MINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE; OLD MINE DEPOSITS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION MODELS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMS; TOTAL ABUNDANCE;

SURFACE WATERS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINE DRAINAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLY; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TREE; WATER POLLUTION;

DALARNA; SWEDEN;

AMELETUS INOPINATUS; ANIMALIA; APATANIA; CRUSTACEA; EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIA; HEPTAGENIA DALECARLICA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; PROTONEMURA MEYERI; RIPARIA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0032969674     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00462-X     Document Type: Article

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