Comparison of benthic diatom assemblages from streams draining abandoned and reclaimed coal mines and nonimpacted sites

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 274-288

  Verb, Robert G ^a   Vis, Morgan L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Benthic; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Diatoms; Ohio; Periphyton; pH; Reclamation; Streams

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; STREAM;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACHYSIRA VITREA; EUNOTIA EXIGUA; FRUSTULIA RHOMBOIDES; VITREA;

EID: 0034210265     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468070     Document Type: Article

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