Assessing causation of the extirpation of stream macroinvertebrates by a mixture of ions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-287

  Cormier, Susan M ^a   Suter, Glenn W ^a   Zheng, Lei ^b   Pond, Gregory J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause effect; Conductivity; Epidemiology; Macroinvertebrate; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CAUSE-EFFECT; CO-OCCURRENCE; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALT MIXTURES; SCORING SYSTEMS; SURFACE COAL MINING; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE;

COAL MINES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IONS;

MIXTURES;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; SULFUR;

BENCHMARKING; BENTHOS; COAL MINING; CONDUCTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAMWATER;

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CAUSALITY; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; IONS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

APPALACHIANS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872615876     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2059     Document Type: Article

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