Comparison of sewage and coal-mine wastes on stream macroinvertebrates within an otherwise clean upland catchment, Southeastern Australia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 227-241

  Wright, Ian A ^a   Burgin, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; EPT richness; Heavy metal; NMDS; Organic; Pollution; Water quality; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOTIC INDEX; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEGREES OF RECOVERY; EPT RICHNESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MINE WASTES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NMDS; ON-STREAM; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RELATIVE RESPONSE; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; STREAM NETWORKS; TRICHOPTERA; UPLAND CATCHMENT; WASTE DISCHARGES;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; CATCHMENT; COAL MINE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINE WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPHEMEROPTERA; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLECOPTERA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRICHOPTERA; TURBELLARIA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 70949092460     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0040-x     Document Type: Article

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