Biomonitoring acidic drainage impact in a complex setting using periphyton

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 351-363

  de la Peña, Santiago ^a   Barreiro, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Assemblage composition; Biomass; Biomonitoring; Epilithic diatoms; Nonmetric muldimensional scaling (NMDS); Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; EPILITHIC DIATOMS; NONMETRIC MULDIMENSIONAL SCALING (NMDS); PERIPHYTON;

ABANDONED MINES; ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER MINES; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MINES; MINING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COPPER; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHYTON; PH; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; MINING; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 60349101265     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0235-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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