Response of a New Zealand mayfly (Deleatidium spp.) to acid mine drainage: Implications for mine remediation

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1135-1140

  O'Halloran, Kathryn ^a   Cavanagh, Jo Anne ^a   Harding, Jon S ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Benthic invertebrates; Remediation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PH EFFECTS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES;

TOXICITY;

HEAVY METAL; METAL DERIVATIVE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLY; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY METHOD; MAYFLY; MORTALITY; PH; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RECOLONIZATION; REMEDIATION; STREAM; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM (RIVER); SURVIVAL; TAXON; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MINING;

DELEATIDIUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE;

EID: 43649087024     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-199.1     Document Type: Article

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