Response of fish and macroinvertebrate bioassessment indices to water chemistry in a mined Appalachian watershed

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 707-720

  Freund, Jason G ^a,b   Petty, J Todd ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carroll College Waukesha   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid Mine Drainage (AMD); Appalachian streams; Bioassessment; Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI); Local vs. regional impacts; Mining impacts; Stream Condition Index (SCI)

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); APPALACHIAN STREAMS; BIOASSESSMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY (IBI); MINING IMPACTS; STREAM CONDITION INDEX (SCI);

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; RIVERS; WATER;

BIOASSAY;

WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; MINING; SULFATES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WEST VIRGINIA;

CHEAT RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 34247376919     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0116-3     Document Type: Article

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