Laboratory to Field Validation in an Integrative Assessment of an Acid Mine Drainage–impacted Watershed

Soucek, David J.; Cherry, Donald S.; Currie, Rebecca J.; Latimer, Henry; Trent, G. Claire

doi:10.1897/1551-5028(2000)019<1036:ltfvia>2.3.co;2

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“…2). These results support the conclusions of other studies that have recognized the value of EPT metrics as indicators of metals toxicity in streams (Carlisle and Clements 1999;Soucek et al 2000).…”

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“…Mayflies and stoneflies are among the most sensitive macroinvertebrate groups to heavy metals contamination in streams (Burrows and Whitton 1983;Kiffney and Clements 1994). However, there is some indication that their tolerances to metals may be partially pH dependent (Feldmann and Connor 1992 metrics such as total and EPT taxa richness are among the best indicator metrics for detecting these impacts (Soucek et al 2000;Clements et al 2000). A decrease in total macroinvertebrate taxa richness and the number of mayfly and stonefly taxa between pre-and postmining periods was previously reported in the same reaches of Bee Fork and Strother Creek that included our sites BF4 and SC2, respectively (Ryck 1974).…”

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A macroinvertebrate assessment of Ozark streams located in lead–zinc mining areas of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri, USA

Poulton

Allert

Besser

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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The Viburnum Trend lead-zinc mining subdistrict is located in the southeast Missouri portion of the Ozark Plateau. In 2003 and 2004, we assessed the ecological effects of mining in several watersheds in the region. We included macroinvertebrate surveys, habitat assessments, and analysis of metals in sediment, pore water, and aquatic biota. Macroinvertebrates were sampled at 21 sites to determine aquatic life impairment status (full, partial, or nonsupport) and relative biotic condition scores. Macroinvertebrate biotic condition scores were significantly correlated with cadmium, nickel, lead, zinc, and specific conductance in 2003 (r = -0.61 to -0.68) and with cadmium, lead, and pore water toxic units in 2004 (r = -0.55 to -0.57). Reference sites were fully supporting of aquatic life and had the lowest metals concentrations and among the highest biotic condition scores in both years. Sites directly downstream from mining and related activities were partially supporting, with biotic condition scores 10% to 58% lower than reference sites. Sites located greater distances downstream from mining activities had intermediate scores and concentrations of metals. Results indicate that elevated concentrations of metals originating from mining activities were the underlying cause of aquatic life impairment in several of the streams studied. There was general concurrence among the adversely affected sites in how the various indicators responded to mining activities during the overall study.

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A macroinvertebrate assessment of Ozark streams located in lead–zinc mining areas of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri, USA

Poulton

Allert

Besser

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Such waters are commonly called acid mine drainage (AMD) because sulfides are often associated with valued minerals such as metal ores and coal, and mineral extraction often exposes associated sulfides to the ambient environment. Damaging effects of drainage from sulfide oxidation associated with mining have been described by authors for several millennia (as noted by Seal and Shanks 2008), and more recently in Asia (David 2003), New Zealand (Winterbourn et al 2000), Europe (Casiot et al 2009;Gray and Delaney 2008), USA (Cherry et al 2001;Freund and Petty 2007;Courtney and Clements 2000;Kennedy et al 2003;Soucek et al 2000), and elsewhere. Kleinmann (1989) estimated that, in the United States alone, more than 20,000 km of streams and rivers and more than 72,000 ha of lakes and reservoirs had been adversely affected by AMD; no comparable global estimate is available.…”

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Influent Water Quality Affects Performance of Passive Treatment Systems for Acid Mine Drainage

Zipper

Skousen

2010

Mine Water Environ

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Passive treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) relies on biological, geochemical, and gravitational processes to neutralize acidity. Published design guidelines use sizing 'rules of thumb' based on AMD loadings at design flows. Using average performance data for 82 treatment systems, we used regression modeling to investigate the influence of influent net acidity and water loading on alkalinity generation by five treatment system types. Alkalinity generation increases with influent net acidity loading for all system types. Influent net acidity loading can be deconstructed into concentration and water loading components. In bivariate models, water loading was a predictor of alkalinity generation for all five system types but net acidity was significant only for vertical flow systems (VFs). In multivariate models using both components as performance predictors, both influenced alkalinity generation. These relationships were strongest for anaerobic wetlands (AWs), VFs, and open limestone channels; anoxic limestone drains and limestone leach beds demonstrated these influences less consistently. These results reflect the geochemical mechanisms governing the performance of limestone-based passive treatment system: solubility of limestone decreases as dissolved reaction products and pH increase.

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“…Bioassessment procedures have been used to evaluate aquatic systems impacted by environmental disturbances such as timber harvest (Williams, Warren, & Clingenpeel, 2002), industrial discharges (Diamond, Bressler, & Serveiss, 2002), and mine drainages (Soucek, Cherry, Currie, Latimer, & Trent, 2000;Cherry, Currie, Soucek, Latimer, & Trent, 2001;Grout & Levings, 2001;DeNicola & Stapleton, 2002). Research has been conducted on an array of coal mining impacts ranging from stream acidification (Guerold et al, 2000), sedimentation (Bonta, 2000), heavy metal influx (Clements, Carlisle, Lazorchak, & Johnson, 2000), and metals mobilized by acid mine drainage (AMD) (Cherry et al, 2001;Soucek, Schmidt, & Cherry, 2001a).…”

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Coal-Mine Hollow Fill and Settling Pond Influences on Headwater Streams in Southern West Virginia, USA

Merricks

Cherry

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The influences of coal-mine hollow fills and associated settling ponds in three headwater streams were assessed in southern West Virginia, USA. Fill drainage waters had elevated conductivities and metal concentrations, compared to a regional reference. Benthic macroinvertebrate richness was not affected consistently by the hollow fill drainages, relative to a regional reference, although a more tolerant community, lacking in Ephemeroptera taxa at most locations, was evident. Collector-filterer populations were elevated at monitoring stations directly below the settling ponds, indicating that the ponds' presence influenced macroinvertebrate community structure by means of organic enrichment. Corbicula fluminea growth was enhanced in monitoring locations directly below the settling ponds, also an apparent result of organic enrichment. Results of acute water column toxicity testing with Ceriodaphnia dubia, sediment chronic toxicity testing with Daphnia magna, and in-situ ecotoxicological assessments with C. fluminea demonstrated no mortality or toxic influence at most of the sites tested below the ponds. The settling ponds appear to serve as sinks in collecting some, but not all, trace metals.

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Laboratory to Field Validation in an Integrative Assessment of an Acid Mine Drainage–impacted Watershed

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A macroinvertebrate assessment of Ozark streams located in lead–zinc mining areas of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri, USA

A macroinvertebrate assessment of Ozark streams located in lead–zinc mining areas of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri, USA

Influent Water Quality Affects Performance of Passive Treatment Systems for Acid Mine Drainage

Coal-Mine Hollow Fill and Settling Pond Influences on Headwater Streams in Southern West Virginia, USA

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