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ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION SUCCESS OF SOME SPOIL HEAPS FROM ROMANIA – USING GROUND BEETLES AS BIOINDICATORS

D.-M. Purice

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Abstract

The spoil heaps, present in the perimeter of the hydropower plants, industrial chemical complexes, groups of mining exploitation and minerals processing etc. are an important prejudice for the environment, and because of this, they need special attention (monitoring, EIA, implementation of some strategies of ecological restoration). We focused the attention on two spoil heaps categories from W. Romania (in Retezat National Park) and S.W. Romania (Moldova Noua complex), different as their provenience, morphological and ecological characteristics and ecological restoration particularities.

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Title
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION SUCCESS OF SOME SPOIL HEAPS FROM ROMANIA – USING GROUND BEETLES AS BIOINDICATORS
Authors
D.-M. Purice
Proceedings
8th International Scientific Conference - SGEM2008
Publisher
SGEM Scientific GeoConference
Year
2008
Pages
99-112
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
954-918181-2
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Keywords
Ecology and Environmental Protectionecological restorationecological successionground beetlesspoil heaps
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