Laboratory to field validation in an integrative assessment of an acid mine drainage-impacted watershed

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1036-1043

  Soucek, David J ^a   Cherry, Donald S ^a   Currie, Rebecca J ^a   Latimer, Henry A ^a   Trent, G Claire ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Mined Land Reclamation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Field validation; Integrative assessments; Lab validation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

PUCKETT'S CREEK WATERSHED; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0034103229     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190433     Document Type: Article

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