The role of two acidophilic algae as ecological indicators of acid mine drainage sites

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-294

  Valente, T M ^a   Gomes, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidophilic algae; Ecological indicator; Euglena mutabilis; Klebsormidium; Mineral alga interaction

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; ABUNDANCE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILY; BIOINDICATOR; COLONIZATION; EFFLUENT; ORE MINERAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WASTE DISPOSAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; EUGLENA MUTABILIS; KLEBSORMIDIUM;

EID: 34548441946     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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