Recovery of Stream Communities Following Surface Coal Mine Reclamation

Evaluation of the Recovery of Fish and Invertebrate Communities Following Reclamation of a Watershed Impacted by an Abandoned Coal Surface Mine

A 5-yr study was conducted to measure the rates of recovery of fish and invertebrate communities following reclamation of a watershed impacted by an abandoned coal surface mine in Southwest Missouri. Quarterly monitoring of water quality information (pH, conductivity, and alkalinity) was conducted at 10 sites. Annual monitoring of biological (benthic invertebrate and fish community structure), ...

Microbial biomarkers as an indicator of ecosystem recovery following surface mine reclamation

Increased disturbance of terrestrial ecosystems in recent years for purposes of mineral extraction has created interest in development and optimization of reclamation methodologies for these lands. Currently, criteria for judging surface mine reclamation success, or progress toward reclamation goals, predominantly rely on aboveground indicators that fail to account for the abundance and composi...

Western Surface Mine Permitting and Reclamation (Part 10 of 15)

Profiling microbial communities in manganese remediation systems treating coal mine

Profiling microbial communities in manganese remediation systems treating coal mine 1 drainage 2 3 4 Dominique L. Chaput, Colleen M. Hansel, William D. Burgos, Cara M. Santelli# 5 6 Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian 7 Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Department of Marine Chemistry 8 and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti...

Soil Microbial Community Recovery in Reclaimed Soils on a Surface Coal Mine Site

Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 76:915–924 doi:10.2136/sssaj 2011.0288 Received 15 Aug. 2011 *Corresponding author ([email protected]) © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any informat...