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

• 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
• Web: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.023
• Doi: http://dx.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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