Assessing the impacts of mining activities on zooplankton functional diversity

Abstract Aim Mining activities generate countless environmental impacts, including heavy-metal contamination, sorting and increased turbidity. In aquatic ecosystems these impacts can drastically affect the initial links of the food chain, such as zooplankton. Methods To evaluate how the different...

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Main Authors: Francisco Wagner Araujo Moreira, Mariângela Garcia Praça Leite, Maria Augusta Gonçalves Fujaco, Fellipe Pinheiro Chagas Mendonça, Larissa Paraguassú Campos, Eneida Maria Eskinazi-Sant’Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2016000100309&lng=en&tlng=en