Effects of acid mine drainage on larval Chironomus (diptera, chironomidae) measured with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor®

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1123-1128

  De Bisthoven, Luc Janssens ^a,b   Gerhardt, Almut ^a,b   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^b  

^a LimCo International   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Behavior; Chironomus; Online biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOASSAY; DRAINAGE; PH EFFECTS; WATER POLLUTION;

FIELD EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTORY ACTIVITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MINE DRAINAGE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LARVA; METALS; MINING; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 2442629459     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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