Comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate indices for the assessment of the impact of acid mine drainage on an Irish river below an abandoned Cu-S mine

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-40

  Gray, N F ^a   Delaney, E ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Biological indices; Diversity indices; Macroinvertebrates; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALKALINITY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); IRON; MINES; MINING; PH; PH EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; ZINC;

ACID-MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE; BIOLOGICAL INDICES; BRILLOUIN; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ELSEVIER (CO); INDICATOR PARAMETERS; INDICATOR SPECIES; IRELAND; MACRO INVERTEBRATES; SULPHATE;

DRAINAGE;

COPPER; IRON; SULFATE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; DIVERSITY INDEX; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SULFUR;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRELAND; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PH; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRELAND; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46049118080     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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