Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure responses to multiple stressors in mining-influenced streams of central Appalachia USA
Headwaters are crucial linkages between upland ecosystems and navigable waterways, serving as important sources of water, sediment, energy, nutrients and invertebrate prey for downstream ecosystems. Surface coal mining in central Appalachia impacts headwaters by burying streams and introducing pollu...
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Virginia Tech
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83772 |