Biodiversity of rocky intertidal benthic communities associated with copper mine tailing discharges in northern Chile

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 396-409

  Medina, M ^a   Andrade, S ^a   Faugeron, S ^a   Lagos, N ^b   Mella, D ^a   Correa, J A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Copper; Intertidal biodiversity; Mine tailings; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MINES; SEAWATER;

CONTAMINATED SEAWATER; INTERTIDAL SITES; METAL CONCENTRATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

COPPER; METAL; SEA WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; COPPER; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAILINGS;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; MINING; NONHUMAN;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 17044367801     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.11.022     Document Type: Article

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