Assessing the impact of gold mining in headwater streams ...
May 01, 2015· Goldmining activities also lead to the loss of physical habitats such as macrophytes and mineral substrates. Habitats such as aquatic macrophytes provide direct (refuge habitat) or indirect (support for the development of algae and biofilm that constitute food) resource supplies (Allan and Castillo, 2007). In reference sites, we mainly found ...