Wetlands for rehabilitation of metal mine wastes

Biology and Environment

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  O'Sullivan, Aisling D ^a   McCabe, Olive M ^a   Murray, Declan A ^a   Otte, Marinus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032702230     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. Beckett, P., Willianen, S.P., Vivyurka, A. and Courtin, G. 1997 Establishment of deep water aquatic plants in permanently flooded pyretic uranium tailings-a field test. Proceedings of the Foitrtlt International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Vancouver, BC, June 1997, 1-11.
2. Beining, B.A. and Otte, M.L. 1997 Retention of metals and longevity of a wetland receiving mine leachate. In J.E. Brandt, J.R. Galevotic, L. Kost and J. Trouart (eds), Proceedings of the Foiirtecncnth Annual National Meeting- lesion 2000: An Environmental Commitment, May 10-6, 1997, 43-6, Austin, Texas. American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation.
3. Beining, B.A. and Otte, M.L. 1996 Retention of metals from an abandoned lead-zinc mine by a wetland at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Biology and Environment: Preceding! of the Royal Irish Academy 96B (2), 117-26.
4. Brix, H. and Schierup, H. 1989 The use of aquatic macrophytes in water-pollution control. Atnbio 18, 100-107.
5. Brusca, R. and Brusca, G. 1990 Invertebrates. Sunderland, MA. Sinauer Associates.
6. Crites, R.W. 1994 Design criteria and practice for constructed wetlands, ll'atcr. Science and Technology 29, 1-6.
7. Dunbabin, J.S and Bowmer, K.H. 1992 Potential use of constructed wetlands for treatment of industrial wastewaters containing metals. Tlic Science of the Total Environment 111, 151-68.
8. Dvorak, D.H., Hedin, R.S., Edenborn, H.M. and Mclntire, P.M. 1992 Treatment of metal-contaminated water using bacterial sulfate reduction: results of pilot-scale reactors. Biotechnology and BiocnginecrH 40, 609-16.
9. Friday, L.E. 1988 A key to the adults of the British water beetles. Field Studies 7, 1 -151.
10. Gambrell, R.P. 1994 Trace and toxic metals in wetlands-a review. Journal of Environmental Quality 23, 883-91.
11. Hammack, R.W. and Hedin, R.S. 1991 Microbial sulfate reduction for the treatment of acid mine drainage: a laboratory study. US Bureau of Mines Publication, p. 13. Pittsburgh Research Center. US Department of the Interior.
12. Hammer, D.A. 1989 Constructed wetlands for ivastewater treatment: municipal, industrial and agricultural. Chelsea, MI. Lewis Publishers.
13. Kadlec, R.H. and Alvord, H. 1989 Mechanisms of water quality improvement in wetland treatment systems. In D.W. Fisk (ed.), Wetlands: concerns and successes, 489-98. Florida. American Water Resources Association.
14. Knight Piesold 1996 Randalstown Tailings FacilityStage IV. Environmental Impact Statement. Ashford, Kent. Knight Piesold.
15. Ledin, M. and Pederson, K. 1996 The environmental impact of mine wastes-roles of micro-organisms and their significance in treatment of mine wastes. Earth Science Reviews 41, 67-108.
16. McCabe, O.M. 1998 Wetland plants for revegetation of metal mine tailings. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University College Dublin.
17. McCabe, O.M. and Otte, M.L. 1997 Revegetation of mine tailings under wetland conditions. In J.E. Brandt, J.R. Galevotic, L. Kost and J. Trouait (eds), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual National Meeting- Vision 2000: An Environmental Commitment, May 10-16, 1997, 99-103. Austin, Texas. American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation.
18. McCabe, O.M., Johnson, M.S. and Otte, M.L. (in press). Tailings revegetation in Ireland. In T.C. Richmond (ed.), Tlie principles and practices of tailings revegetation. Baltimore, MD. John Hopkins University Press.
19. Mclntire, P.E. and Edenborn, H.M. 1990 The use of bacterial sulfate reduction in the treatment of drainage from coal mines. Proceedings of the Mining and Reclamation Conference and Exhibition, Charlestown, WV, April 23-6, 1990, 409-15.
20. Mitcli, WJ. and Gosselink, J.G. 1986 Wetlands. New York. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
21. Nawrot, J.R. 1994 Mined land wetlands establishment principles and guidelines. In Proceedings of the International Reclamation and Mine Drainage Conference and Tliird International Conference on Abatement of Arid Drainage, Pittsbnrg, PA, April 2-4-9, 1994, 1-8. Publisher
22. Roane, T.M., Pepper, I.L. and Miller, R.M. 1996 Microbial remediation of metals. In R.L. Crawford and D.L. Crawford (eds), Biorcmcdiation, principles and applications, 312-10. Cambridge University Press.
23. Szczepanska, W. and Szczepanska, A. 1982 Interactions between Phragmitcs australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steud. and Typha latifolia L. Ekologia Polska 30, 1165-86.
24. Walski, T.M. 1993 Long-term effects of wetland treatment of mine drainage. Journal of Environmental Engineering 119, 1004-1005.
25. Wharton, L. 1999 Investigation of sulphate-reducing bacteria in the constructed wetlands at Tara Mines and the environmental factors affecting their growth. Unpublised B.Sc. thesis, University College Dublin.