Residual toxicity of acid mine drainage-contaminated sediment to stream macroinvertebrates: Relative contribution of acidity vs. metals

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Dsa, Jean V ^a   Johnson, Kelly S ^a   Lopez, Dina ^a   Kanuckel, Corey ^a   Tumlinson, Jennifer ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Macroinvertebrate; Metals; Recovery; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOASSAY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAL WATER MIXTURES; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINING; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUBSTRATES; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RECOVERY; SEDIMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; IRON; METAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAM; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER COLUMN;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENODAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; EPHEMEROPTERA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION;

CTENODAPHNIA; DAPHNIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIIDAE;

EID: 53149096545     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9707-y     Document Type: Article

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