Periphyton assemblages as bioindicators of mine-drainage in unglaciated western allegheny plateau lotic systems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 227-265

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

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Alkaline mine drainage; Benthic algae; Bioindicator; Diatoms lotic system; Macroalgae; Periphyton; Streams; Western Allegheny Plateau

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COAL MINES; MINING; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); COAL MINING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOLOGIC PATTERNS; PERIPHYTONS;

ALGAE;

ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC SALT; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PERIPHYTON;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ALGA; ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CALCULATION; CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COAL MINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; EVALUATION; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; LAND BIOME; MEASUREMENT; MINING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PH; PREDICTION; SPECIES; STREAM (RIVER); STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 18844436676     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-4285-8     Document Type: Article

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