How many mountains can we mine? Assessing the regional degradation of central appalachian rivers by surface coal mining

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8115-8122

  Bernhardt, Emily S ^a   Lutz, Brian D ^a   King, Ryan S ^b   Fay, John P ^a   Carter, Catherine E ^a   Helton, Ashley M ^a   Campagna, David ^c   Amos, John ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SkyTruth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCRITERIA; BIOLOGICAL DATA; BIOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LAND AREAS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; STREAM NETWORKS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE COAL MINES; SURFACE COAL MINING; SURFACE MINES; WATERSHED AREAS; WEST VIRGINIA;

CATCHMENTS; COAL MINES; DEGRADATION; IONIC STRENGTH; RUNOFF; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

SULFATE;

COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; LAND COVER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; VALLEY FILL; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; IONIC STRENGTH; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE MINING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; COAL MINING; INVERTEBRATES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY; WEST VIRGINIA;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84864704078     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301144q     Document Type: Article

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