@article{10272/17602,
year = {2019},
month = {11},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17602},
abstract = {Twenty-three water dams located in the Iberian Pyrite Belt were studied during March
2012 (early spring) in order to carry out an environmental assessment based on diatom communities
and to define the relationships between these biological communities and the physico-chemical
characteristics of the dam surface water. This is the first time that a diatom inventory has been done
for dams a ected by acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Spanish part of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB).
It was found that the pH was the main factor influencing the behaviour of the diatom communities.
Then, using a dbRDA approach it was possible to organize the aggrupation of diatoms into four
groups in response to the physico-chemical conditions of the ecosystem, especially pH: (1) Maris,
Aac, Gos, Cmora (pH 2–3); (2) Andc, San, And, Dpin (pH 3–4.5); (3) Gran, Pleon, Oliv, Lagu, Chan,
SilI, SilII, Joya, Gar, Agrio, Camp, Corum (pH 4.5–6); (4) Herr, Diq I, Diq II (pH 6–7). The obtained
results confirmed the response of benthic diatom communities to changes in the physico-chemical
characteristics of surface water, and helped to understand the role of diatoms as indicators of the
degree of AMD contamination in those 23 dams. Special attention was given to those that have an
acidophilic or acid-tolerant profile (pH 2–3 and pH 3–4.5) such as Pinnularia aljustrelica, Pinnularia
acidophila, Pinnularia acoricola and Eunotia exigua, which are the two groups found in the most AMD contaminated dams.},
organization = {Cuantificacíon de la carga metalica y sulfatos aportada por procesos AMD a embalses de la Faja Piritica Iberica: modelizacíon del processo y velocidades de colmatacíon” (CGL2010-21268-C02-01), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
“Cuantificacion de la carga metálica y sulfatos aportada por procesos AMD a embalses de la Faja Piritica Iberica” (P10-RNM-6570), Junta de Andalucía-Convocatoria Proyectos de Excelencia.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), I.P. National funds in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of July 19.},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Physico-Chemical Influence of Surface Water Contaminated by Acid Mine Drainage on the Populations of Diatoms in Dams (Iberian Pyrite Belt, SW Spain)},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224516},
author = {Rivera, María José and Luís, Ana Teresa and Grande Gil, José Antonio and Miguel Sarmiento, Aguasanta and Dávila Martín, José Miguel and Fortes Garrido, Juan Carlos and Córdoba García, Francisco and Diáz -Curiel, Jesús and Santisteban Fernández, María},
}