Groundwater Contamination and Its Impact on Groundwater Animals and Ecosystems

Subsurface Dwelling Crustaceans as Indicators of Hydrological Conditions, Oxygen Concentrations, and Sediment Structure in an Alluvial Aquifer

“…The idea of using biotic parameters (i.e. crustaceans) additionally to physicochemical variables to obtain rich information about groundwater ecosystems is supported by this study and was repeatedly suggested (MOSSLACHER, 1997;MOSSLACHER and NOTENBOOM, 1998;NOTENBOOM et al, 1994;PLENET and GIBERT, 1995), but little followed by environmental ecologists.…”

Underground Test Area Subproject Phase I Data Analysis Task. Volume VIII - Risk Assessment Documentation Package

“…Information regarding the responses of groundwater organisms to toxicants is very limited (Notenboom et al, 1994). Such information is primarily focused on heavy metals and organic contaminants.…”

Riparian and aquatic habitats of the Pacific Northwest and southeast Alaska: ecology, management history, and potential management strategies.

“…Hyporheic zones and their biota, because of their subsurface location, are naturally resistant to environmental change and are therefore rather nonresilient when changes do occur. Disturbances that cause changes in water quality within hyporheic zones may affect bioproduction and threaten endemic groundwater biota within the channels of gravel-bed streams (Notenboom et al 1994) and alter the distribution and abundance of riparian vegetation throughout river corridors (Stanford and Ward 1993). Elevated temperatures can also affect migration timing and patterns of fish and exacerbate outbreaks of disease (Spence et al 1996).…”