An assessment of structural attributes and ecosystem function in restored Virginia coalfield streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 671, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Northington, Robert M ^a   Benfield, Ernest F ^a   Schoenholtz, Stephen H ^a   Timpano, Anthony J ^a   Webster, Jackson R ^a   Zipper, Carl ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mine streams; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem metabolism; Nutrient cycling; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COAL MINE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FRESHWATER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROTROPHY; LANDSCAPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; STREAM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959204518     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0703-7     Document Type: Article

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