Behavioural responses of indigenous benthic invertebrates (Echinogammarus meridionalis, Hydropsyche pellucidula and Choroterpes picteti) to a pulse of Acid Mine Drainage: A laboratorial study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 966-973

  Macedo Sousa, Joaquim A ^a   Gerhardt, Almut ^a   Brett, Christopher M A ^b   Nogueira, António J A ^a   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid Mine Drainage; Aquatic invertebrates; Behaviour; Online biomonitoring; Toxicity discrimination

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ACIDS; BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; DRAINAGE; HEAVY METALS; MINING; RIVER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID MINE DRAINAGES; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BEHAVIOUR; BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMONITOR; EARLY WARNINGS; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATIONS; MULTI SPECIES; ONLINE BIOMONITORING; PORTUGAL; RIVER WATERS; SENSITIVE SPECIES;

MINES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOCOMOTION; MORTALITY; SIGNALING; VENTILATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDS; ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PORTUGAL;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SAO DOMINGOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHOROTERPES; ECHINOGAMMARUS; HYDROPSYCHE PELLUCIDULA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 55649098180     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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