Field validation of specific ecotoxicological tools for aquatic systems impacted with acid mine drainage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19269110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabel Lopes (0000-0002-9325-0329, University of Coimbra), Fernando Gonçalves (0000-0003-4886-3166, University of Aveiro), António J A Nogueira (0000-0001-7089-2508, University of Coimbra), António Nogueira (0000-0001-7916-1429), Amadeu M V M Soares (0000-0003-0879-9470, University of Coimbra), Rui Ribeiro (0000-0002-3961-5083, University of Coimbra) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-20 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7233 • E-ISSN: 1026-7476 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207230008711313 |
| OpenAlex | W2043526006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is characterised by very low pH and high heavy metal concentrations. Serious ecotoxicological effects, often leading to the complete disruption of the ecosystem, can be observed at the regions suffering this kind of contamination. Those effects can be caused either by low pH itself or by other contaminants that emerge with water acidification (mobilisation and increased solubility of heavy metals). The discrimination between the toxicity due to each of these two factors is not possible with the existing toxicity tests; the addition of chelating agents or serial dilution methods seriously alter the chemical and physical properties of the effluent. A toxicity test, based on the survival time of Ceriodaphnia dubia (Crustacea, Cladocera) neonates exposed to the unchanged effluent, was developed and field validated, on an AMD contaminated site
Acid mine drainage · Aquatic ecosystem · Biology · Branchiopoda · Ceriodaphnia dubia · Cladocera · Contamination · Crustacean · Dilution · Drainage · Ecotoxicology · Effluent · Toxicity · Chemistry · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Mine drainage and remediation techniques · Mining and Resource Management · Tailings Management and Properties
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |