Macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams of interior Alaska following alluvial gold mining

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 719-731

  Milner, A M ^a,b   Piorkowski, R J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biomass; Gold mining; Habitat; Macroinvertebrates; Recovery; Stability

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; GOLD MINE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINING; RECOVERY; STREAM;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 8744242287     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.786     Document Type: Article

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