TABLE 3.
Relative abundance of the two fungal groups in several samples from the mine on 12 March and 18 September 2002a
| Mine site (date of sampling) | Abundance of fungal group
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Eurotiomycetes | Dothideomycetes | |
| A drift | ||
| Ten-foot streamers (September 2002) | +++ | − |
| Pool (March 2003) | − | − |
| Slime pool (September 2002) | − | − |
| Slump (March 2003) | ++ | + |
| Five-way streamers (September 2002) | +++ | + |
| B drift | ||
| Back (March 2003) | ++ | − |
| Back streamer (September 2002) | + | ++ |
a
The amount of filaments was estimated visually, with +++ being the largest amount and − indicating that none (or very few) were identified. The A drift 10-ft. streamer sample was collected ∼10 ft. downstream from the A drift weir (14).