PDF
The effect of industrial and domestic pollution on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in two northern Idaho rivers Item Info
- Title:
- The effect of industrial and domestic pollution on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in two northern Idaho rivers
- Authors:
- Savage, Nancy Lorraine
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1970-05
- Description:
- Benthic macroinvertebrate communities i n the Coeur dlAlene and Potlatch Rivers in northern Idaho were analyzed to determine the effect of mine effluents on the structure of these communities. The organisms present in riffles in polluted and unpolluted sections of the river s were identified, density and biomass were determined, and species diversity was calculated using the Shannon-Wiener function. The diversity value was used t o compare community structure between stations and years, Significant differences in diversity were found between control and test stations in both rivers during the two years of study. No significant differences occurred between years at stations in either river
- Subjects:
- benthos water pollution heavy metals
- Location:
- Coeur d'Alene River
- Latitude:
- 47.59
- Longitude:
- -116.37
- Collection:
- Boise Basin
- IWRRI number:
- 197020
- Rights:
- Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
- Publisher:
- University of Idaho
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Idaho
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Cataloger:
- wbv
- Date Digitized:
- 2012
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The effect of industrial and domestic pollution on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in two northern Idaho rivers", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-197020.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/