Periphyton communities in New Zealand streams impacted by acid mine drainage

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1084-1091

  Bray, Jonathan P ^a   Broady, Paul A ^a   Niyogi, Dev K ^a   Harding, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Algal diversity; Benthic algae; Metal oxides; Metals; pH

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISCHARGE; DOMINANCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PERIPHYTON; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

ALGAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENA MUTABILIS; KLEBSORMIDIUM ACIDOPHILUM; NAVICULA CINCTA;

EID: 58149084019     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08146     Document Type: Article

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