Chironomidae larvae as bioindicators of an acid mine drainage in Portugal

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 532, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-191

  Janssens De Bisthoven, L ^a,b   Gerhardt, A ^a,b   Soares, A M V M ^b  

^a LimCo International   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Bioindication; Chironomidae; Community; Deformities

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; DRAINAGE; PH EFFECTS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD)-CHANNEL; CHIRONOMIDAE LARVAE; INSECT FAMILY; METAL POLLUTION;

BIOMARKERS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOINDICATOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ABLABESMYIA MONILIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; INSECTA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PROCLADIUS; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 19944397547     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1387-z     Document Type: Article

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