Monteverde
The Monteverde Cheese Factory (La Lecheria or Productores Monteverde) used the stream Quebrada Guacimal as a dumping site for organic wastes (soda washes and whey from making cheese) from 1983-1993. Despite the termination of waste deposition, prior studies in 1995, 2001, and 2009 show persistent differences in invertebrate community structure. This study uses biomonitoring of aquatic invertebrates to assess long-term stream recovery.
These files are being moved to a permanent archive and will be available again on June 17, 2013.
- Background and Methods
- Data