Geoecology of ecosystem recovery at an inactive coal mine site, New Zealand

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1425-1437

  Rufaut, Cathy G ^a   Craw, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Beetles; Coal; Ecology; Invertebrates; Leptospermum; Mining; Rehabilitation; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; BEETLES; BORON CONTENT; COLONISATION; DISCHARGE WATER; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; GENETIC STOCKS; LOW WATER; MOISTURE RETENTION; MORTALITY RATE; NATIVE PLANTS; NATURAL PLANTS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; SILTSTONES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE ACIDIFICATION; TOXIC LEVELS; WASTE ROCKS;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GYPSUM; NUTRIENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; REVEGETATION; ROCKS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUBSTRATES;

METAL RECOVERY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIFICATION; BEETLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BORON; COAL MINE; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVAPORATION; GYPSUM; INVERTEBRATE; LOESS; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; PH; PYRITE; QUARTZ; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SILTSTONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WATER RETENTION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WANGALOA MINE;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 77953636031     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0278-z     Document Type: Article

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