Aluminium and iron burdens of aquatic biota in New Zealand streams contaminated by acid mine drainage: Effects of trophic level

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-54

  Winterbourn, M J ^a   Mcdiffett, W F ^b   Eppley, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Aluminium; Bryophytes; Iron; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON;

ALGA; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COAL MINING; CONTAMINATION; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; IRON; MINING; NEW ZEALAND; SEAWEED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034709396     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00437-X     Document Type: Article

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