Use of leaf litter breakdown and macroinvertebrates to evaluate gradient of recovery in an acid mine impacted stream remediated with an active alkaline doser

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4111-4127

  Johnson, Kelly S ^a   Thompson, Peter C ^b   Gromen, Lori ^a   Bowman, Jen ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs Ohio University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; Ecosystem function; Leaf litter; Mine drainage; Respiration; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; LEAF LITTER; MINE DRAINAGE; RESPIRATION; STREAM RESTORATION;

METAL RECOVERY;

ALUMINUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; BENTHOS; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PH; RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS;

EID: 84902360696     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3684-y     Document Type: Article

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