Post-mining calcareous seepages as surrogate habitats for aquatic macroinvertebrate biota of vanishing calcareous spring fens

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Authors	POLÁŠKOVÁ Vendula SCHENKOVÁ Jana BARTOŠOVÁ Martina ŠORFOVÁ Vanda HORSÁK Michal
Year of publication	2017
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
web	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.023
Doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.023
Field	Ecology
Keywords	Seepage; Spoil heap; Conservation potential; Biodiversity; Secondary habitat; Diptera
Description	Many studies have investigated the vegetation and terrestrial fauna of post-mining spoil heaps, but little is known about aquatic macroinvertebrates in these areas, particularly at spring-fed habitats. We studied nine seepages (i.e. spring-fed habitats) located at two neighbouring spoil heaps in the Sokolov brown-coal basin (Czech Republic), characterised by basic water pH, calcium carbonate precipitation, high heavy metal and sulphate concentrations.
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