Sediment and Interstitial Water Toxicity to Freshwater Mussels and the Ecotoxicological Recovery of Remediated Acid Mine Drainage Streams

The river drainages originating in the Cumberland region of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky are home to some of the last surviving and most diverse assemblages of native freshwater mussels. This region of the country also has historically and continues to be a major source of coal for the United S...

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Main Author: Simon, Matthew Larson
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34883
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09012005-163723/