Comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate indices for the assessment of the impact of acid mine drainage on an Irish river below an abandoned Cu-S mine

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作者：
Gray, N. F. [1 ]
Delaney, E. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Trinity Coll Dublin, Ctr Environm, Dublin 2, Ireland
来源：
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION | 2008年 / 155卷 / 01期
关键词：
acid mine drainage; macroinvertebrates; rivers; diversity indices; biological indices;
D O I：
10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.002
中图分类号：
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要：
A range of macroinvertebrate indices were compared to assess the most appropriate metric for the assessment of acid mine drainage (AMD) in a low alkalinity, highly erosional river in south-east Ireland. Differences were found in the ability of indices to discriminate AMD impact with the Brillouin, BMWP score, Margalef and Shannon Indices the most precise. Taxon richness was also strongly correlated with AMD indicator parameters (e.g. pH alkalinity, sulphate, Zn and Fe) at impacted sites being an equally reliable metric. The response of the community structure to AMD in this river does not fulfil the optimum criteria for either diversity or biological indices, which may explain the variation in the success of different indices seen in this and other studies. The development of indices that model the expected community response to AMD more accurately or are based on the response of indicator species to AMD pollutants are required. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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