Influence of small-scale gold mining on French Guiana streams: Are diatom assemblages valid disturbance sensors?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Tudesque, Loïc ^a,b   Grenouillet, Gaël ^a,b   Gevrey, Muriel ^a,b   Khazraie, Kamran ^c   Brosse, Sébastien ^a,b  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Délégation Territoriale du Centre   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Diatom; French Guiana; Life form; Mining; Motility; Recovery; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DIATOM; FRENCH GUIANA; LIFE-FORM; MOTILITY;

GOLD MINES; SENSORS; TURBIDITY;

GOLD;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GOLD MINE; MINING; MOTILITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSOR; SOIL EROSION; STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY; TURBIDITY;

FRENCH GUIANA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80053354615     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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