| Laperdina TG. 2002. Estimation of mercury and other heavy metal contamination in traditional gold-mining areas of Transbaikalia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 2: 219-223 | Russia | Transbaikalia | Regional | Baleyzoloto; Ksenyevsky; Lyubov; Tungir; Uryum | 52.0699393 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Gold | Placer mine | operation | Lat/Long in central area of the region studied | Correlative | To estimate the placer gold-mining impact on the ecological quality of river waters, extensive investigations were carried out in two river basins of the Lake Baikal catchment. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Rocks, minerals and soils | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Contamination from the traditional gold-mining areas | no | NA | NA | Mercury concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Estimation+of+mercury+and+other+heavy+metal+contamination+in+traditional+gold-mining+areas+of+Transb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| LaPerriere JD, and Reynolds JB. 1997. Gold placer mining and stream ecosystems of interior Alaska. Eds Milner AM and Oswood MW. Freshwater of Alaska: ecological syntheses: 265-280. | USA | Alaska | Birch Creek | Birch Creek | 66.2596141 | -145.8213907 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Measurements of sediment creation through placer mining practices, comparison of mined and unmined watersheds. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment in suspended water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Process of separating gold from gravels, whether conducted with sluice boxes, or trommels and sluice tables, may add sediments to nearby streams | no | NA | NA | Suspened solids; turbidity; Heavy metals | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 10.2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Gold+placer+mining+and+stream+ecosystems+of+interior+Alaska&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| LaPerriere JD, and Reynolds JB. 1997. Gold placer mining and stream ecosystems of interior Alaska. Eds Milner AM and Oswood MW. Freshwater of Alaska: ecological syntheses: 265-280. | USA | Alaska | Birch Creek | Birch Creek | 66.2596141 | -145.8213907 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Measurements of sediment creation through placer mining practices, comparison of mined and unmined watersheds. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Basin hydrology or paired with/without mining | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quantity | Process of separating gold from gravels, whether conducted with sluice boxes, or trommels and sluice tables, may add sediments to nearby streams | no | NA | NA | Mean flow, High-low flow | Flow/landscape change | Quantitative | Table 10.1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Gold+placer+mining+and+stream+ecosystems+of+interior+Alaska&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuantity |
| LaPerriere JD, Wagener SM, and Bjerklie DM. 1985. Gold-mining effects on heavy metals in streams, Circle Quadrangle, Alaska. Water Resources Bulletin. 21 (2): 245-252 | Canada | Alaska | Circle Quadrangle | Birch Creek | 66.2596141 | -145.8213907 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Heavy metals sampling program were to determine if placer mining acitivity increases concentrations of heavy metals. Two streams smapled intensively, one heavily mined and one unmined. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of streamwater for heavy metal analyses | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Release of heavy metals associated with the gold (such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, zinc, and copper) may be freed to enter stream | no | NA | NA | Metal concnetrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Gold-mining+effects+on+heavy+metals+in+streams,+Circle+Quadrangle,+Alaska&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Larcheveque M, Desrochers A, Bussiere B, and Cimon D. 2014. Planting trees in soils above non-acid-generating wastes of a boreal gold mine. Ecoscience. 21 (3-4): 217-231 | Canada | Quebec | Malartic | Canadian Malartic | 48.1657607 | -78.1832442 | Gold | Open pit | operation; remediation | NA | CI | Two field experiments were conducted to evaluate survival, growth, and nutrient and trace metal concentrations of several trees, and the effect of soil thickness and nature on the establishment | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Four tree species: tamarack or eastern larch (Larix laricina), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), basket willow (Salix viminalis), and hybrid poplars ( Populus spp.) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Mine tailings | yes | The use of topsoil was compared with that of subsoil (both stockpiled); the latter was improved by mineral fertilizer or compost addition | Tailings contamination | Tree survival and growth | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2 and 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Planting+trees+in+soils+above+non-acid-generating+wastes+of+a+boreal+gold+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Larsen TS, Kristensen JA, Asmund G and Bjerregaard P. 2001. Lead and zinc in sediments and biota from Maarmorilik, West Greenland: an assessment of the environmental impact of mining wastes on an Arctic fjord system. Environmental Pollution. 114: 275-283. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Lead and Zinc levels in sedimenats and biota from the fjord system at Maarmorilik were investigated to evaluate impact of waste tock and tailings on marine biota | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Marine sediments from open water and coastal stations | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Impact of waste rock and marine-deposited tailings | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Lead and zinc | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Lead+and+zinc+in+sediments+and+biota+from+Maarmorilik,+West+Greenland:+an+assessment+of+the+environm&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Larsen TS, Kristensen JA, Asmund G and Bjerregaard P. 2001. Lead and zinc in sediments and biota from Maarmorilik, West Greenland: an assessment of the environmental impact of mining wastes on an Arctic fjord system. Environmental Pollution. 114: 275-283. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Lead and Zinc levels in sedimenats and biota from the fjord system at Maarmorilik were investigated to evaluate impact of waste tock and tailings on marine biota | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tissues of deposit feeders, herbivores and detrivores | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Impact of waste rock and marine-deposited tailings | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Lead and zinc | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Lead+and+zinc+in+sediments+and+biota+from+Maarmorilik,+West+Greenland:+an+assessment+of+the+environm&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Laurinolli M and Bendell-Young LI. 1996. Copper, Zinc, and Cadmium Concentrations in Peromyscus maniculatus Sampled Near an Abandoned Copper Mine. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30: 481-486 | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Blue Grouse Mountain | 49.9672352 | -119.5393104 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of zinc, copper, and cadmium were determined in soil and liver, kidney, bone and stomach contents of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) from two sites near an abandoned mine and one control site, | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil at mouse capture locations | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Exposure to elevated metal levels through their diet | no | NA | NA | Cadmium, zinc, and copper concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Copper,+Zinc,+and+Cadmium+Concentrations+in+Peromyscus+maniculatus+Sampled+Near+an+Abandoned+Copper+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Laurinolli M and Bendell-Young LI. 1996. Copper, Zinc, and Cadmium Concentrations in Peromyscus maniculatus Sampled Near an Abandoned Copper Mine. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30: 481-486 | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Blue Grouse Mountain | 49.9672352 | -119.5393104 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of zinc, copper, and cadmium were determined in soil and liver, kidney, bone and stomach contents of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) from two sites near an abandoned mine and one control site, | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Common deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Exposure to elevated metal levels through their diet | no | NA | NA | Cadmium, zinc, and copper concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Copper,+Zinc,+and+Cadmium+Concentrations+in+Peromyscus+maniculatus+Sampled+Near+an+Abandoned+Copper+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Lavoie I, Lavoie M, and Fortin C. 2012. A mine of information: benthic algal communities as biomonitors of metal contamination from abandoned tailings. Science of the Total Environment. 425: 231-241. | Canada | Quebec | Charest River | Montauban | 46.8394256 | -72.3491607 | Zinc; Lead; Copper; Gold; Silver | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Various biomonitoring approaches were tested in the field to assess the response of natural periphythic algal communities to chronic metal contamination downstream from an abandoned mine tailings site. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream water samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Chronic metal contamination downstream from an abandoned mine tailings site | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+mine+of+information:+benthic+algal+communities+as+biomonitors+of+metal+contamination+from+abandone&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lavoie I, Lavoie M, and Fortin C. 2012. A mine of information: benthic algal communities as biomonitors of metal contamination from abandoned tailings. Science of the Total Environment. 425: 231-241. | Canada | Quebec | Charest River | Montauban | 46.8394256 | -72.3491607 | Zinc; Lead; Copper; Gold; Silver | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Various biomonitoring approaches were tested in the field to assess the response of natural periphythic algal communities to chronic metal contamination downstream from an abandoned mine tailings site. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Natural periphythic algal communities | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Chronic metal contamination downstream from an abandoned mine tailings site | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+mine+of+information:+benthic+algal+communities+as+biomonitors+of+metal+contamination+from+abandone&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Lavoie I, Morin S, Laderriere V, and Fortin C. 2018. Freshwater Diatoms as Indicators of Combined Long-Term Mining and Urban Stressors in Junction Creek (Ontario, Canada). Environments. 5(30): 1-17 | Canada | Ontario | Junction Creek | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Combine chemical and biological monitoring for assessing health and ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems in the Sudbury region, including Junction Creek and its tributaries, with focus on metal contamination. A total of 19 sites were selected for this study, with nine sites positioned along an upstream/downstream gradient in Junction Creek | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples for water chemistry analyses were collected in triplicate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Multiple stressors from present and past mining operations, and from urban-related pressures such as municipal wastewater treatment plants | no | NA | NA | Physico-chemical characteristics | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Freshwater+Diatoms+as+Indicators+of+Combined+Long-Term+Mining+and+Urban+Stressors+in+Junction+Creek+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lavoie I, Morin S, Laderriere V, and Fortin C. 2018. Freshwater Diatoms as Indicators of Combined Long-Term Mining and Urban Stressors in Junction Creek (Ontario, Canada). Environments. 5(30): 1-17 | Canada | Ontario | Junction Creek | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Combine chemical and biological monitoring for assessing health and ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems in the Sudbury region, including Junction Creek and its tributaries, with focus on metal contamination. A total of 19 sites were selected for this study, with nine sites positioned along an upstream/downstream gradient in Junction Creek | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatom Assemblage Analyses | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Multiple stressors from present and past mining operations, and from urban-related pressures such as municipal wastewater treatment plants | no | NA | NA | Species present; distribution | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Freshwater+Diatoms+as+Indicators+of+Combined+Long-Term+Mining+and+Urban+Stressors+in+Junction+Creek+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Lawrence R and Larsen RK. 2019. Fighting to be herd- Impacts of the proposed Boliden copper mine in Laver, Älvsbyn, Sweden for the Semisjaur Njarg Sami reindeer herding community. SEI reoprt April 2019. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Laver | Laver | 65.7740232 | 20.2269712 | Copper | Open pit | construction | Proposed copper mine | BA | Impact assessment using a scenario analysis; first scenario without a mine and the second with a mine. scenarios are based on interviews and meetings with the Semisjaur Njarg Sami community, the experiences that other Sami reindeer herding communities have had with existing mines, and relevant research | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Semisjaur Njarg Sami community specifically Sami reindeer herding communities | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Traditional livelihoods | Impact assessment of proposed mine | no | NA | NA | Direct and indirect losses of grazing land | Flow/landscape change | Qualitative | Section 9 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Fighting+to+be+herd-+Impacts+of+the+proposed+Boliden+copper+mine+in+Laver,+Älvsbyn,+Sweden+for+the+S&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicTraditionallivelihoods |
| Lazareva IP, Feoktistov VM, Kharin VN and Sinyakov SA. 1993. Chemical composition of snow near a mining and concentration plant: Analysis of variability by multivariate statistical analysis methods. Water Resources. 20(1): 77-83. | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Zone the territory surrounding the IMOCW using evidence derived from fallout density of pollutants | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Snow cover | Environmental | 2-Water | 2C-Ice | 2C-Ice | Grades of aerial pollution | no | NA | NA | Moisture content, chemical composition of snow thaw water | Other | Quantitative | Table 2 | Correlative: sampling at increasing distance from the sources) | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Chemical+composition+of+snow+near+a+mining+and+concentration+plant:+Analysis+of+variability+by+multi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterIceIce |
| Lee PF, Van Cook M, and Conly AG. 2008. Predicting Discharge Water Quality from Steeprock Pit Lakes in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. Rapantova N and Hrkal Z. (eds) Mine Water and the Environment. 137: 4p | Canada | Ontario | Caland and Hogarth Pit Lakes | Steep Rock | 48.7963745 | -91.6455637 | Iron | Open pit | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Develop a model that would describe the sequential flooding of the pit lakes until outflow; 2) to predict the water quality in the pit lakes at outlow; and 3) to determine whether wetland plants could improve the outflow water quality. | Control | Modelling | in situ | GIS model was developed to forecast the filling of the two pit lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Surface drainage (runoff patterns) | Outfall of the Steep Rock pit lakes into the west arm of Steep Rock Lake | no | NA | NA | Predicted flooding sequence within the Steeprock Pit Lakes Basin | Flow/landscape change | Quantitative | Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Predicting+Discharge+Water+Quality+from+Steeprock+Pit+Lakes+in+Atikokan,+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterSurfacedrainage |
| Lee PF, Van Cook M, and Conly AG. 2008. Predicting Discharge Water Quality from Steeprock Pit Lakes in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. Rapantova N and Hrkal Z. (eds) Mine Water and the Environment. 137: 4p | Canada | Ontario | Caland and Hogarth Pit Lakes | Steep Rock | 48.7963745 | -91.6455637 | Iron | Open pit | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Develop a model that would describe the sequential flooding of the pit lakes until outflow; 2) to predict the water quality in the pit lakes at outlow; and 3) to determine whether wetland plants could improve the outflow water quality. | Control | Modelling | in situ | GIS model was developed to forecast the filling of the two pit lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Outfall of the Steep Rock pit lakes into the west arm of Steep Rock Lake | no | NA | NA | Predicted future metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Predicting+Discharge+Water+Quality+from+Steeprock+Pit+Lakes+in+Atikokan,+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lee PF, Van Cook M, and Conly AG. 2008. Predicting Discharge Water Quality from Steeprock Pit Lakes in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. Rapantova N and Hrkal Z. (eds) Mine Water and the Environment. 137: 4p | Canada | Ontario | Caland and Hogarth Pit Lakes | Steep Rock | 48.7963745 | -91.6455637 | Iron | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Develop a model that would describe the sequential flooding of the pit lakes until outflow; 2) to predict the water quality in the pit lakes at outlow; and 3) to determine whether wetland plants could improve the outflow water quality. | Control | Lab Experiment | mesocosm | Four test species (Phragmites australis, Typha latifolia, Eleocharis smallii, and Carex sp.) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Outfall of the Steep Rock pit lakes into the west arm of Steep Rock Lake | yes | Potential for wetland plant species to remediate outflow water was determined from planting four common wetland species | Pit lake runoff water quality | Plant tissue concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Predicting+Discharge+Water+Quality+from+Steeprock+Pit+Lakes+in+Atikokan,+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Lehto J, Lusa M, Virkanen J, Paatero J, Varkonyi G, Heikkila R, Kashevarov B, and Ieshko E. 2010. Metal distribution in lakes surrounding the Kostomuksha iron mine and ore dressing mill in Northwestern Russia, Air, Soil and Water Research. 3: 67-77 | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Effects of metal releases from the Kostomuksha iron mine and ore-dressing mill on the pollution of lakes in the Kostomuksha area in northwestern Russia and in the Kuhmo area in northeastern Finland. Water and sediment samples were taken from eight lakes | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water and sediment samples were taken from eight lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Iron mine and ore-dressing mill on the pollution of lakes | no | NA | NA | Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 5 & 6 | Correlative: sampling at increasing distance from the sources | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+distribution+in+lakes+surrounding+the+Kostomuksha+iron+mine+and+ore+dressing+mill+in+Northwest&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lehto J, Lusa M, Virkanen J, Paatero J, Varkonyi G, Heikkila R, Kashevarov B, and Ieshko E. 2010. Metal distribution in lakes surrounding the Kostomuksha iron mine and ore dressing mill in Northwestern Russia, Air, Soil and Water Research. 3: 67-77 | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Effects of metal releases from the Kostomuksha iron mine and ore-dressing mill on the pollution of lakes in the Kostomuksha area in northwestern Russia and in the Kuhmo area in northeastern Finland. Water and sediment samples were taken from eight lakes | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water and sediment samples were taken from eight lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Iron mine and ore-dressing mill on the pollution of lakes | no | NA | NA | Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 7 & 8 | Correlative: sampling at increasing distance from the sources | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+distribution+in+lakes+surrounding+the+Kostomuksha+iron+mine+and+ore+dressing+mill+in+Northwest&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Leis AL, and Fox MG. 1996. Effect of mine tailings on the in situ survival of walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) eggs in a northern Ontario river. Ecoscience. 1(3): 215-222 | Canada | Ontario | Montreal River | Young-Davidson | 47.9465876 | -80.6832227 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Investigated the effects of a gold mine tailings spill on the survival of walleye eggs in a Northern Ontario River. A spill which occured dumped 300000 tonnes of tailings with high concentrations of heavy metals that were dispersed along 5km stretch of Montreal River | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Walleye eggs in a Northern Ontario River | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings spill with heavy metal contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table III-IV | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effect+of+mine+tailings+on+the+in+situ+survival+of+walleye+(Stizostedion+vitreum)+eggs+in+a+northern&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Leis AL, and Fox MG. 1996. Feeding, growth, and habitat associations of young-of-year walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) in a river affected by a mine tailings spill. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53: 2408-2417. | Canada | Ontario | Montreal River | Young-Davidson | 47.9465876 | -80.6832227 | Gold | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Iinvestigated the early life ecology of walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) inhabiting a northern Ontario river affected by a 300 000-tonne gold mine tailings spill and compared feeding, growth, and habitat selection of young-of-year (YOY) in a 5-km tailings-affected reach with those of an unaffected downstream reach. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Young-of-year (YOY) walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Collapse of a tailings dyke from an abandoned gold mine and settled to cover much of the bottom over a 5-km stretch of river | no | NA | NA | Condition; Stomach contents; Abundance | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2-6; Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Feeding,+growth,+and+habitat+associations+of+young-of-year+walleye+(Stizostedion+vitreum)+in+a+river&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Leppanen JJ, Luoto TP and Weckstrom J. 2019. Spatio-temporal impact of salinated mine water on Lake Jormasjarvi, Finland. Environmental Pollution. 247: 1078-1088. | Finland | Sotkamo | Lake Jormasjarvi | Talvivaara | 63.9674139 | 27.9947027 | Nickel; Zinc; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Evaluate the impact of salinated mine water pollution on the aquatic ecosystem of a boreal lake along a spatio-temporal gradient, by using three paleobiological indicator groups and water chemistry data. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatoms, cladocera, and chironomidae from sediment cores were retrieved representing a spatial and temporal gradient. | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Salinated mine water pollution on the aquatic ecosystem | no | NA | NA | Relative abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 3-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatio-temporal+impact+of+salinated+mine+water+on+Lake+Jormasjarvi,+Finland&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Leppanen JJ, Weckstrom J, and Korhola A. 2017. Multiple mining impacts induce widespread changes in ecosystem dynamics in a boreal lake. Scientific Reports. 7: 10581 | Finland | Kainuu | Malmitie | Talvivaara | 63.9674139 | 27.9947027 | Nickel; Zinc; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | BA | Present the ecological damage inflicted by mine water originating from the massive Terrafame Talvivaara polymetal mine (central Finland), where bioheap leaching is being applied to high-sulphur low-grade ore. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Paleolimnological study of Lake Kivijärvi | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | bioheap leaching is being applied to high-sulphur low-grade ore, saline mine water has turned the lake meromictic | no | NA | NA | Water Chemistry | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Multiple+mining+impacts+induce+widespread+changes+in+ecosystem+dynamics+in+a+boreal+lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Leppanen JJ, Weckstrom J, and Korhola A. 2017. Multiple mining impacts induce widespread changes in ecosystem dynamics in a boreal lake. Scientific Reports. 7: 10581 | Finland | Kainuu | Malmitie | Talvivaara | 63.9674139 | 27.9947027 | Nickel; Zinc; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | BA | Present the ecological damage inflicted by mine water originating from the massive Terrafame Talvivaara polymetal mine (central Finland), where bioheap leaching is being applied to high-sulphur low-grade ore. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Paleolimnological study of Lake Kivijärvi | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | bioheap leaching is being applied to high-sulphur low-grade ore, saline mine water has turned the lake meromictic | no | NA | NA | Sediment geochemistry. | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Multiple+mining+impacts+induce+widespread+changes+in+ecosystem+dynamics+in+a+boreal+lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Leppanen JJ, Weckstrom J, and Korhola A. 2017. Multiple mining impacts induce widespread changes in ecosystem dynamics in a boreal lake. Scientific Reports. 7: 10581 | Finland | Kainuu | Malmitie | Talvivaara | 63.9674139 | 27.9947027 | Nickel; Zinc; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | BA | Present the ecological damage inflicted by mine water originating from the massive Terrafame Talvivaara polymetal mine (central Finland), where bioheap leaching is being applied to high-sulphur low-grade ore. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Cladoceran and diatom | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | bioheap leaching is being applied to high-sulphur low-grade ore, saline mine water has turned the lake meromictic | no | NA | NA | community changes | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Multiple+mining+impacts+induce+widespread+changes+in+ecosystem+dynamics+in+a+boreal+lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Leppinen JO, Salonsaari P and Palosaari V. 1997. Flotation in acid mine drainage control: Beneficiation of concentrate. Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly. 36 (4): 225-230. | Finland | Ostrobothnia | Ruotanen | Pyhäsalmi | 63.6643914 | 25.9144764 | Zinc; Copper | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Examine possibilities to produce a chemically harmless fraction from a pyrite flotation tailing of a complex sulfide ore and to characterize the flotation concentrate produced in acid mine drainage operation. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Leachate from tested tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Recovering residual sulfide minerals | Acid mine drainage | Chemical composition | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Flotation+in+acid+mine+drainage+control:+Beneficiation+of+concentrate&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Levesque HM, Dorval J, Hontela A, Van Der Kraak GJ, and Campbell PGC. 2003. Hormonal, morphological and physiological response of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) to chronic environmental metal exposures. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 66(7): 657-676 | Canada | Quebec | Lake Opasatica and Lake Dasserat | Rouyn-Noranda | 48.2256826 | -79.0921567 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Evaluate the major endocrine systems (adrenal, reproductive, and thyroid) and aspects of gill physiology in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) chronically exposed to metals in lakes situated along a contamination gradient of Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, and Ni in a mining region | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Exposed to metals in lakes situated along a contamination gradient in a mining region | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Cd, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Ni; Condition | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Hormonal,+morphological+and+physiological+response+of+Yellow+Perch+(Perca+flavescens)+to+chronic+env&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Levesque J and King DJ. 1999. Airborne digital camera image semivariance for evaluation of forest structural damage at an acid mine site. Remote Sens. Environ. 68: 112-124. | Canada | Ontario | Timmins | KamKotia | 48.5956485 | -81.6035127 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | High resolution remote sensing examines plots downstream of a heavy metal acid tailings area and a control plot. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soils along transect | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Heavy metal acid mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Metal concnetrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Airborne+digital+camera+image+semivariance+for+evaluation+of+forest+structural+damage+at+an+acid+min&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Levesque J and King DJ. 1999. Airborne digital camera image semivariance for evaluation of forest structural damage at an acid mine site. Remote Sens. Environ. 68: 112-124. | Canada | Ontario | Timmins | KamKotia | 48.5956485 | -81.6035127 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | High resolution remote sensing examines plots downstream of a heavy metal acid tailings area and a control plot. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | High resolution imagery of forest canopy and within individual tree crowns | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Habitat | Heavy metal acid mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Forest canopy and tree measures | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1-2; Fig 5-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Airborne+digital+camera+image+semivariance+for+evaluation+of+forest+structural+damage+at+an+acid+min&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraHabitat |
| Levings CD, Barry KL, Grout JA, Piercey GE, Marsden AD, Coombs AP and Mossop B. 2004. Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the Estuarine Food Web, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 525: 185-202 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigated the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) from Britannia Creek, BC, Canada, a stream contaminated by an abandoned copper mine, on the estuarine food web | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface water samples were collected to determinedissolved copper concentrations | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Acid rock drainage | no | NA | NA | Raw data on concentrations of copper in surface water | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+Acid+Mine+Drainage+on+the+Estuarine+Food+Web,+Britannia+Beach,+Howe+Sound,+British+Columb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Levings CD, Barry KL, Grout JA, Piercey GE, Marsden AD, Coombs AP and Mossop B. 2004. Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the Estuarine Food Web, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 525: 185-202 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigated the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) from Britannia Creek, BC, Canada, a stream contaminated by an abandoned copper mine, on the estuarine food web | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Estuarine sediment for toxicity testing | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Acid rock drainage | no | NA | NA | Raw data on concentrations of copper in sediment | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+Acid+Mine+Drainage+on+the+Estuarine+Food+Web,+Britannia+Beach,+Howe+Sound,+British+Columb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Levings CD, Barry KL, Grout JA, Piercey GE, Marsden AD, Coombs AP and Mossop B. 2004. Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the Estuarine Food Web, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 525: 185-202 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigated the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) from Britannia Creek, BC, Canada, a stream contaminated by an abandoned copper mine, on the estuarine food web | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Rockweed, green algae, and barnacles were located at the Britannia Beach and Furry Creek | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Acid rock drainage | no | NA | NA | Abundance estimates | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+Acid+Mine+Drainage+on+the+Estuarine+Food+Web,+Britannia+Beach,+Howe+Sound,+British+Columb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Levings CD, Barry KL, Grout JA, Piercey GE, Marsden AD, Coombs AP and Mossop B. 2004. Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the Estuarine Food Web, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 525: 185-202 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigated the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) from Britannia Creek, BC, Canada, a stream contaminated by an abandoned copper mine, on the estuarine food web | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Epibenthic invertebrates and Amphipods were sampled | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Acid rock drainage | no | NA | NA | Abundance estimates; toxicity results (survival) | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Secondary consumers section | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+Acid+Mine+Drainage+on+the+Estuarine+Food+Web,+Britannia+Beach,+Howe+Sound,+British+Columb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Levings CD, Barry KL, Grout JA, Piercey GE, Marsden AD, Coombs AP and Mossop B. 2004. Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the Estuarine Food Web, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 525: 185-202 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigated the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) from Britannia Creek, BC, Canada, a stream contaminated by an abandoned copper mine, on the estuarine food web | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Chum salmon fry stomach analyses | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Acid rock drainage | no | NA | NA | Abundance of organisms found in stomachs | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Secondary consumers section | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+Acid+Mine+Drainage+on+the+Estuarine+Food+Web,+Britannia+Beach,+Howe+Sound,+British+Columb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Lightfoot N, Berriault C, and Semenciw R. 2010. Mortality and cancer incidence in a nickel cohort. Occupational Medicine. 60: 211–218. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Xstrata Nickel | 46.5830387 | -81.6395448 | Nickel; Copper | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | To examine cancer incidence and mortality, concurrently, for a cohort of male nickel workers at a major nickel and copper producer in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Cohort of male nickel workers at a major nickel and copper producer in Sudbury | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational exposure to human carcinogens and metallic nickel | no | NA | NA | Cancer incidence and mortality | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mortality+and+cancer+incidence+in+a+nickel+cohort&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Lightfoot NE and Berriault CJ. 2012. Mortality and cancer incidence in a copper-zinc cohort. Workplace Health & Safety. 60(5): 223-233 | Canada | Ontario | NS | NS | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Copper; Zinc | Underground mine | postclosure | Copper and zinc facility in Ontario, Canada | Correlative | Employed within a copper and zinc facility for a minimum of 6 months between 1964 and 2005. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Cohort of workers at a copper–zinc producer in Ontario | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational exposure | no | NA | NA | Cancer incidence and causes of mortalit | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | NA | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mortality+and+cancer+incidence+in+a+copper-zinc+cohort&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Lightfoot NE, Berriault CJ, Seilkop SK, and Conard BR. 2017. Nonrespiratory mortality and cancer incidence in a cohort of Canadian nickel workers. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 72(4): 187-203. | Canada | Ontario | Vale and Port Colborne | Regional | 44.66936494 | -79.76717837 | Nickel | Surface mine | operation | Mining, processing, smelting, and refining facilities at Sudbury, in northeastern Ontario, and at their nickel (Ni) refinery in Port Col- borne, | CI | Mortality and cancer incidence were examined for an updated cohort of nonsinter nickel workers in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | The cohort consisted of nonsinter male unionized employees with at least 6 months cumulative employment experience | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Duration of exposure was utilized as a surrogate to assess exposure effects. | no | NA | NA | Cancer incidence; mortality ratios | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Nonrespiratory+mortality+and+cancer+incidence+in+a+cohort+of+Canadian+nickel+workers&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Lin W, Zhang B, Cai Q and Zhu Z. 2013. Chemical and Microbiological Characterization of Water, Sediment, and Biofilm Samples from a Mine Tailings System. Memorial University of Newfoundland. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | NS | NS | 53.9430887 | -61.27384724 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Conducted a comprehensive characterization of the chemical and microbiological composition in multiple mediums from a mine tailings system, in order to understand the sulfur biotransformation processes occurring in the complex tailings. Water, sediment, and biofilm samples from a tailings system in Canada were tested. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Water, sediment, and biofilm samples from a tailings system | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mining waste from the mineral process of sulfide-based ores causing Acid Mine Drainage | no | NA | NA | Metal and metalloid concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table I | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Chemical+and+Microbiological+Characterization+of+Water,+Sediment,+and+Biofilm+Samples+from+a+Mine+Ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Lin W, Zhang B, Cai Q and Zhu Z. 2013. Chemical and Microbiological Characterization of Water, Sediment, and Biofilm Samples from a Mine Tailings System. Memorial University of Newfoundland. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | NS | NS | 53.9430887 | -61.27384724 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Conducted a comprehensive characterization of the chemical and microbiological composition in multiple mediums from a mine tailings system, in order to understand the sulfur biotransformation processes occurring in the complex tailings. Water, sediment, and biofilm samples from a tailings system in Canada were tested. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Water, sediment, and biofilm samples from a tailings system | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Mining waste from the mineral process of sulfide-based ores causing Acid Mine Drainage | no | NA | NA | Metal and metalloid concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table I | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Chemical+and+Microbiological+Characterization+of+Water,+Sediment,+and+Biofilm+Samples+from+a+Mine+Ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lin W, Zhang B, Cai Q and Zhu Z. 2013. Chemical and Microbiological Characterization of Water, Sediment, and Biofilm Samples from a Mine Tailings System. Memorial University of Newfoundland. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | NS | NS | 53.9430887 | -61.27384724 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Conducted a comprehensive characterization of the chemical and microbiological composition in multiple mediums from a mine tailings system, in order to understand the sulfur biotransformation processes occurring in the complex tailings. Water, sediment, and biofilm samples from a tailings system in Canada were tested. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Water, sediment, and biofilm samples from a tailings system | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Mining waste from the mineral process of sulfide-based ores causing Acid Mine Drainage | no | NA | NA | Metal and metalloid concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table I | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Chemical+and+Microbiological+Characterization+of+Water,+Sediment,+and+Biofilm+Samples+from+a+Mine+Ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Lindsay MBJ, Blowes DW, Condon PD, and Ptacek CJ. 2009. Managing Pore-Water Quality in Mine Tailings by Inducing Microbial Sulfate Reduction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 7086-7091. | Canada | NS | NS | NS | 57.6814969 | -103.3322077 | Not stated | Unclear | Describe a field test study but give no indication of location; acknowledge the Helca Greens Creek Mining Company but no details | CI | A field-scale experiment was conducted to evaluate the potential from inducing microbial sulfate reduction as a passive in situ technique for managing water quality in mine tailings deposits | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Pore-water quality in mine tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Mine tailings | yes | Microbial sulfate reduction as passive method | Managing water quality in mine tailings | Water quality parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Managing+Pore-Water+Quality+in+Mine+Tailings+by+Inducing+Microbial+Sulfate+Reduction&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality | |
| Lindsay MBJ, Wakeman KD, Rowe OF, Grail BM, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW and Johnson DB. 2011. Microbiology and Geochemistry of Mine Tailings Amended with Organic Carbon for Passive Treatment of Pore Water. Geomicrobiology Journal. 28(3): 229-241 | USA | Alaska | Admiralty Island | Greens Creek | 58.08416 | -134.63472 | Silver; Zinc; Gold; Lead | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | A field-scale experiment was conducted to evaluate organic carbon amendment of mine tailings as a technique for pore water and drainage treatment. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Tailings pore waters | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage from tailings deposit | yes | Varied mixtures of locally-available organic carbon sources including peat, spent brewing grain (SBG) and municipal biosolids (MB). | Sulfate reducing bacteria comunities to promoting pore-water treatment | pH; water quality profiles; redox potentials | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1-2; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Microbiology+and+Geochemistry+of+Mine+Tailings+Amended+with+Organic+Carbon+for+Passive+Treatment+of+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Loeffler B and Colt S. 2015. Fiscal effects of commercial fishing, mining and tourism. What does Alaska receive in revenue? What does it spend? Institute of Social and Economic Research. | USA | Alaska | Regional | Regional | 64.80881484 | -151.0943349 | Gold | Unclear | operation | NA | Correlative | Report summarizes the fiscal effects of the commercial fishing, mining, and tourism industries on Alaska’s state government. The report calculates state revenue collected from each industry and compares it to the state’s expenditures for that industry | No control | Social Science | in situ | Alaska's state government | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Other | Mining operations in the region | no | NA | NA | State mining revenue vs spendature | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Chapter 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Fiscal+effects+of+commercial+fishing,+mining+and+tourism.+What+does+Alaska+receive+in+revenue?+What+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicOther |
| Londry KL and Sherriff B. Comparison of Microbial Biomass, Biodiversity, and Biogeochemistry in Three Contrasting Gold Mine Tailings Deposits. Geomicrobiology Journal. 22(5): 237-247 | Canada | Manitoba | Nopiming Provincial Park | Central Manitoba; Gunnar; Ogama-Rockland | 50.8840614 | -95.3943477 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Investigate the microbial biomass and biodiversity of these three contrasting mine tailings, and to relate the microbial community and its activities to the physical and chemical conditions of the tailings, as well as the level of revegetation. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Pore water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Various mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Chloride, nitrate, sulfate, and iron | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Comparison+of+Microbial+Biomass,+Biodiversity,+and+Biogeochemistry+in+Three+Contrasting+Gold+Mine+Ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Londry KL and Sherriff B. Comparison of Microbial Biomass, Biodiversity, and Biogeochemistry in Three Contrasting Gold Mine Tailings Deposits. Geomicrobiology Journal. 22(5): 237-247 | Canada | Manitoba | Nopiming Provincial Park | Central Manitoba; Gunnar; Ogama-Rockland | 50.8840614 | -95.3943477 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Investigate the microbial biomass and biodiversity of these three contrasting mine tailings, and to relate the microbial community and its activities to the physical and chemical conditions of the tailings, as well as the level of revegetation. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Microbial Community Biomass and Biodiversity | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Various mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Biomass; number of species | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Comparison+of+Microbial+Biomass,+Biodiversity,+and+Biogeochemistry+in+Three+Contrasting+Gold+Mine+Ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Lorch B, Johnston ME, and Challen D. 2004. Views of community sustainability after a mine closure: A case study of Manitouwadge, Ontario. Environments. 32(1): 15-29. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Geco; Hemlo; Wilroy | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc; Gold | Unclear | operation | Three mines open and closing within the region | Correlative | Explores the effects of the recent downturn on residents' optimism, satisfaction with their quality of life, and perception of changes in the community | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Pre-Hemlo and post-Hemlo mine residents | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Wellbeing | Community before and after mine closure in the region | no | NA | NA | Community attachment characteristics; Quality of life | Community | Qualitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Views+of+community+sustainability+after+a+mine+closure:+A+case+study+of+Manitouwadge,+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingWellbeing |
| Lorch B, Johnston ME, and Challen D. 2004. Views of community sustainability after a mine closure: A case study of Manitouwadge, Ontario. Environments. 32(1): 15-29. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Geco; Hemlo; Wilroy | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc; Gold | Unclear | operation | Three mines open and closing within the region | Correlative | Explores the effects of the recent downturn on residents' optimism, satisfaction with their quality of life, and perception of changes in the community | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Pre-Hemlo and post-Hemlo mine residents | Social | 5-Societies | 5C-Service & infrastructure demand | 5C-Municipal services | Community before and after mine closure in the region | no | NA | NA | Perceived change in community services | Community | Qualitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Views+of+community+sustainability+after+a+mine+closure:+A+case+study+of+Manitouwadge,+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesServiceinfrastructureMunicipalservices |
| Lorch B, Johnston ME, and Challen D. 2004. Views of community sustainability after a mine closure: A case study of Manitouwadge, Ontario. Environments. 32(1): 15-29. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Geco; Hemlo; Wilroy | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc; Gold | Unclear | operation | Three mines open and closing within the region | Correlative | Explores the effects of the recent downturn on residents' optimism, satisfaction with their quality of life, and perception of changes in the community | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Pre-Hemlo and post-Hemlo mine residents | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Community before and after mine closure in the region | no | NA | NA | Opinions about the future of Manitouwadge | Community | Qualitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Views+of+community+sustainability+after+a+mine+closure:+A+case+study+of+Manitouwadge,+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Loring DH and Asmund G. 1989. Heavy metal contamination of a Greenland fjord system by mine wastes. Environ Geol Water Sci. 14(1):61-71 | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Investigation to determine the carriers, transport mode, the dispersal pattern, and potential bioavailability of metal- rich mine tailings in the fjord system | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water and suspended particulate matter samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Tailings | no | NA | NA | Dissolved Zn, Cd, and Pb concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3-4; Table 2+4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy+metal+contamination+of+a+Greenland+fjord+system+by+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Loring DH and Asmund G. 1989. Heavy metal contamination of a Greenland fjord system by mine wastes. Environ Geol Water Sci. 14(1):61-71 | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Investigation to determine the carriers, transport mode, the dispersal pattern, and potential bioavailability of metal- rich mine tailings in the fjord system | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of seaweed (Fucus disticus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Tailings | no | NA | NA | Zn,Cd,andPbconcentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy+metal+contamination+of+a+Greenland+fjord+system+by+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Loring DH and Asmund G. 1989. Heavy metal contamination of a Greenland fjord system by mine wastes. Environ Geol Water Sci. 14(1):61-71 | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Investigation to determine the carriers, transport mode, the dispersal pattern, and potential bioavailability of metal- rich mine tailings in the fjord system | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of mussels (Mytilus edulis) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Tailings | no | NA | NA | Zn,Cd,andPbconcentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy+metal+contamination+of+a+Greenland+fjord+system+by+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Lu M, Carlsson E, and Ohlander B. 2003. Limnological and geochemical comparisons of two sulphide mine pit lakes. Tailings and Mine Waste '03: 201-212. | Sweden | Skellefteå | Rivlidmyran and Udden | Rivlidmyran; Udden | 64.75137369 | 20.95079912 | Zinc; Copper; Lead | Open pit | postclosure | Could not determine where the lakes were located | CI | Geochemistry of two abondanded pit lakes in Northern Sweden. | No control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples and profiles | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Formed mine pit is back filled with groundwater and surface water | no | NA | NA | Conductivity and temp profiles; metal concentration profiles; suspended particles | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Limnological+and+geochemical+comparisons+of+two+sulphide+mine+pit+lakes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lu M, Carlsson E, and Ohlander B. 2003. Limnological and geochemical comparisons of two sulphide mine pit lakes. Tailings and Mine Waste '03: 201-212. | Sweden | Skellefteå | Rivlidmyran and Udden | Rivlidmyran; Udden | 64.75137369 | 20.95079912 | Zinc; Copper; Lead | Open pit | postclosure | Could not determine where the lakes were located | CI | Geochemistry of two abondanded pit lakes in Northern Sweden. | No control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediments from pit lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Formed mine pit is back filled with groundwater and surface water | no | NA | NA | Chemical properties | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Limnological+and+geochemical+comparisons+of+two+sulphide+mine+pit+lakes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Ludlow NC. 2009. Deadly occupations: Examining the mortality pattern in steel workers, coal and iron ore miners between 1909 and 1917 in Sydney, Glace Bay and Bell Island. University of Manitoba MA thesis | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Bell Island | Bell Island | 47.6262264 | -52.972078 | Iron | Unclear | NA | CI | Track morality rates and causes of various occupations including coal mining, iron mining and steel works | Control | Social Science | in situ | Iron Ore miners in Bell Island community | Environmental | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | How occupation affected mortality patterns during the Canadian industrial era | no | NA | NA | Moratlity causes and rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Chapter 6 (Bell Island only) | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Deadly+occupations:+Examining+the+mortality+pattern+in+steel+workers,+coal+and+iron+ore+miners+betwe&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety | |
| Luek A, Morgan GE, and Ramcharan CW. 2015. Biomass of benthic invertebrates unaffected by industrial damage to lakes despite effects on species composition. Hydrobiologia. 744: 101-114 | Canada | Sudbury | Camp, Crowley, Linton, Clearwater, Lohi, Hannah, Middle, St. Charles, and Sans Chambre Lake | Regional | 46.57179363 | -81.02146837 | Nickel | Surface mine | postclosure | Sudbury area, which suffered severe industrial damage | CI | Determined benthic invertebrate community biomass in Sudbury and reference systems, measured (1) dominant habitat quality, (2) potential fish predation, and (3) residual metal toxicity and related invertebrate biomass to these environmental variables. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | fish and marcoinvertabrates communities | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Metal mining region histroical contamination | no | NA | NA | Biomass; Species richness | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biomass+of+benthic+invertebrates+unaffected+by+industrial+damage+to+lakes+despite+effects+on+species&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Luek A, Morgan GE, and Ramcharan CW. 2015. Biomass of benthic invertebrates unaffected by industrial damage to lakes despite effects on species composition. Hydrobiologia. 744: 101-114 | Canada | Sudbury | Camp, Crowley, Linton, Clearwater, Lohi, Hannah, Middle, St. Charles, and Sans Chambre Lake | Regional | 46.57179363 | -81.02146837 | Nickel | Surface mine | postclosure | Sudbury area, which suffered severe industrial damage | CI | Determined benthic invertebrate community biomass in Sudbury and reference systems, measured (1) dominant habitat quality, (2) potential fish predation, and (3) residual metal toxicity and related invertebrate biomass to these environmental variables. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples from 9 lakes in Sudbury region and reference lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Metal mining region histroical contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biomass+of+benthic+invertebrates+unaffected+by+industrial+damage+to+lakes+despite+effects+on+species&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Luek A, Morgan GE, and Ramcharan CW. 2015. Biomass of benthic invertebrates unaffected by industrial damage to lakes despite effects on species composition. Hydrobiologia. 744: 101-114 | Canada | Sudbury | Camp, Crowley, Linton, Clearwater, Lohi, Hannah, Middle, St. Charles, and Sans Chambre Lake | Regional | 46.57179363 | -81.02146837 | Nickel | Surface mine | postclosure | Sudbury area, which suffered severe industrial damage | CI | Determined benthic invertebrate community biomass in Sudbury and reference systems, measured (1) dominant habitat quality, (2) potential fish predation, and (3) residual metal toxicity and related invertebrate biomass to these environmental variables. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sedmients samples from 9 lakes in Sudbury region and reference lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Metal mining region histroical contamination | no | NA | NA | Water quality parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biomass+of+benthic+invertebrates+unaffected+by+industrial+damage+to+lakes+despite+effects+on+species&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Luis AT, Alexander AC, Almeida SFP, Ferreira da Silva E, and Culp JM. Benthic diatom communities in streams from zinc mining areas in continental (Canada) and Mediterranean climates (Portugal). Water Quality Research Journal of Canada. 48(2): 180-191. | Canada | New Brunswick | Little River | New Brunswick | 47.626054 | -65.6982327 | Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | This study compares regional differences in benthic diatom communities exposed to similar stresses in Canada and Portugal. Diatoms were sampled in the Água Forte Stream, Aljustrel (Portugal) and in the Little River, New Brunswick (SE Canada), both streams surround the respective zinc mine and are subject to similar metal (e.g. Cd, Cu, Fe, Zn) and acidic vs. Little River stresses. | No control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic diatom communities exposed to similar stresses in Canada and Portugal. | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Zinc mine and are subject to similar metal and acidic stresses | no | NA | NA | Relative abundances; Shannon-Wiener Index | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Benthic+diatom+communities+in+streams+from+zinc+mining+areas+in+continental+(Canada)+and+Mediterrane&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Lundholm CE and Andersson L. 1985. Biosphere levels of cadmium, zinc and copper around an old Swedish copper mine. Ambio. 14(3): 167-172. | Sweden | Bersbo | Bersbo | Bersbo; Gronhogen | 58.2610368 | 16.0394103 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Effects of heavy metals leaching from waste tips at an old copper mine in the biosphere were investigated in plants from a periodically flooded by runoff water from the tips. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface water samples through study region | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Heavy metal leaching from waste tips at an old copper mine | no | NA | NA | Metal content; pH | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 5-6 | Spatial distribution | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biosphere+levels+of+cadmium,+zinc+and+copper+around+an+old+Swedish+copper+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Lundholm CE and Andersson L. 1985. Biosphere levels of cadmium, zinc and copper around an old Swedish copper mine. Ambio. 14(3): 167-172. | Sweden | Bersbo | Bersbo | Bersbo; Gronhogen | 58.2610368 | 16.0394103 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Effects of heavy metals leaching from waste tips at an old copper mine in the biosphere were investigated in plants from a periodically flooded by runoff water from the tips. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Roots from common reed and rush growing in nearby brooks and fenny areas | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Heavy metal leaching from waste tips at an old copper mine | no | NA | NA | Metal content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | Spatial distribution | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biosphere+levels+of+cadmium,+zinc+and+copper+around+an+old+Swedish+copper+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Lundholm CE and Andersson L. 1985. Biosphere levels of cadmium, zinc and copper around an old Swedish copper mine. Ambio. 14(3): 167-172. | Sweden | Bersbo | Bersbo | Bersbo; Gronhogen | 58.2610368 | 16.0394103 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Effects of heavy metals leaching from waste tips at an old copper mine in the biosphere were investigated in plants from a periodically flooded by runoff water from the tips. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Hepato-pancreas of crayfish | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Heavy metal leaching from waste tips at an old copper mine | no | NA | NA | Metal content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4 | Spatial distribution | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biosphere+levels+of+cadmium,+zinc+and+copper+around+an+old+Swedish+copper+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Luoto TP, Leppanen JJ, and Weckstrom J. 2019. Waste water discharge from a large Ni-Zn open cast mine degrades benthic integrity of Lake Nuasjarvi (Finland). Environmental Pollution. 255: 113268. | Finland | Sotkamo | Lake Nuasjarvi | Talvivaara | 63.9674139 | 27.9947027 | Nickel; Zinc; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Investigate the limnoecological conditions in Lake Nuasj€arvi using paleolimnological methods and the top-bottom approach, where the surface sediment samples (“top”) represent the present and the downcore samples (“mid” and “bottom”) the past | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatoms, cladocera, and chironomidae from sediment cores were retrieved representing a spatial and temporal gradient. | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | A discharge pipe from the now closed mine was used to direct treated waste water to the nearby southern bay of Nuasj€arvi, mine re-ropened in 2008 | no | NA | NA | Relative abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 3-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Waste+water+discharge+from+a+large+Ni-Zn+open+cast+mine+degrades+benthic+integrity+of+Lake+Nuasjarvi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Lychagin M, Chalov S, Kasimov N, Shinkareva G, Jarsjo J, and Thorslund J. 2017. Surface water pathways and fluxes of metals under changing environmental conditions and human interventions in the Selenga River system. Environ Earth Sci. 76(1): 1-14 | Russia | Irkutsk Oblast | Selenga River | Zakamensk | 50.3805864 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Molybdenum; Gold | Unclear | Landscape/watershed study that includes mining impacts | Correlative | Results of novel field campaigns in the extensive Selenga River basin, through which 304 samples of river water and 308 samples of suspended matter were collected during high and low water periods between 2011 and 2013 | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples throughout the Selenga River Basin | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Mass flows of heavy metals and metalloids hot spots including Zaamar gold mining, Zakamensk wolfram–molybdenum mining | no | NA | NA | HMM concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 + 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Surface+water+pathways+and+fluxes+of+metals+under+changing+environmental+conditions+and+human+interv&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality | |
| Lychagin M, Chalov S, Kasimov N, Shinkareva G, Jarsjo J, and Thorslund J. 2017. Surface water pathways and fluxes of metals under changing environmental conditions and human interventions in the Selenga River system. Environ Earth Sci. 76(1): 1-14 | Russia | Irkutsk Oblast | Selenga River | Zakamensk | 50.3805864 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Molybdenum; Gold | Unclear | Landscape/watershed study that includes mining impacts | Correlative | Results of novel field campaigns in the extensive Selenga River basin, through which 304 samples of river water and 308 samples of suspended matter were collected during high and low water periods between 2011 and 2013 | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Suspended sediment samples throughout the Selenga River Basin | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mass flows of heavy metals and metalloids hot spots including Zaamar gold mining, Zakamensk wolfram–molybdenum mining | no | NA | NA | HMM concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 + 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Surface+water+pathways+and+fluxes+of+metals+under+changing+environmental+conditions+and+human+interv&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality | |
| MacArthur AC, Le ND, Fang R, and Band PR. 2009. Identification of Occupational Cancer Risk in British Columbia: A Population-Based Case–Control Study of 2,998 Lung Cancers by Histopathological Subtype. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 52: 221-232. | Canada | British Columbia | Regional | Regional | 54.46544953 | -124.3148057 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | Occupational study including mining | CI | A case–control study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between lung cancer and occupation/industry of employment by histopathological subtype | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Male cases and cancer controls, diagnosed between 1983 and 1990 | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Estimates of exposure | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table IV | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Identification+of+Occupational+Cancer+Risk+in+British+Columbia:+A+Population-Based+Case–Control+Stud&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| MacDonald RW, Carmack EC, and Pharo CH. 1994. Sediment records of man's activities in the Kootenay Lake drainage basin. Water Poll. Res. J. 29(1): 103-116. | Canada | British Columbia | Kootenay Lake | Bluebell | 49.7137 | -117.6219 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | abandonment | NA | BA | Examine four dated cores from Kootenay Lake for manifestations of development within the watershed. Sedimentation histories for about the past 100 years are developed using "Tb dated cores. To estimate the sedimentation rate and its variability within the cores we have applied a model that assumes a constant rate of supply of Pb to the sediment surface | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Cores from Kootenay Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | History of lead-zinc mining around the lak | no | NA | NA | Total 210 Pb activity | Other | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Sediment+records+of+man's+activities+in+the+Kootenay+Lake+drainage+basin&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Mackie AL and Walsh ME. 2012. Bench-scale study of active mine water treatment using cement kiln dust (CKD) as a neutralization agent. Water Research. 46: 327-334. | Canada | Atlantic Canada | NS | NS | 49.67249276 | -64.2981341 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | remediation | NA | CI | Bench-scale experiments were conducted to evaluate the treatment performance of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) slurries generated using four different CKD samples compared to a control treatment with quicklime (CaO) in terms of reducing acidity and metals concentrations in acid mine drainage (AMD) samples taken from the effluent of a lead/zinc mine in Atlantic Canada. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Drainage water from mine tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Cement kiln dust (CKD), a waste by-product to replace quicklime in the active treatment | Reducing acidity and metals concentrations in acid mine drainage (AMD) | Trace elements; pH | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4; Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Bench-scale+study+of+active+mine+water+treatment+using+cement+kiln+dust+(CKD)+as+a+neutralization+ag&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Mackie AL and Walsh ME. 2015. Investigation into the use of cement kiln dust in high density sludge (HDS) treatment of acid mine water. Water Research. 85: 443-450. | Canada | New Brunswick | NR | NR | 46.90892956 | -66.22985818 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | "Samples were collected from a lead/zinc mine in northern New Brunswick, Canada" | CI | Investigate the potential to replace lime with cement kiln dust (CKD) in high density sludge (HDS) treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD). The bench-scale study used two water samples: AMD sampled from a lead-zinc mine and a synthetic AMD solution | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | acid mine drainage (AMD) | yes | Cement kiln dust (CKD) in high density sludge (HDS) treatment | Treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) | Final total Fe, As, and Zn concentrations | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Investigation+into+the+use+of+cement+kiln+dust+in+high+density+sludge+(HDS)+treatment+of+acid+mine+w&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Majak W, Steinke D, McGillivray J, and Lysyk T. 2004. Clinical signs in cattle grazing high molybdenum forage. J Range Manage. 57: 269-274. | Canada | British Columbia | Witches Brook | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Determine the Mo and Cu levels in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) at Highmont, to determine the number of cattle showing clinical signs of poisoning, to monitor the Cu and Mo status of the liver and serum, and to determine whether cattle could graze the forage without ill effects. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Highmont site at Highland Valley Copper has the highest Mo levels | yes | Reclamation of the tailings site was initiated in 1989 for revegetation and sustainable cattle grazing | Reclamation of mine tailings at the Highland Valley Copper mine | Cu and Mo levels | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Clinical+signs+in+cattle+grazing+high+molybdenum+forage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Majak W, Steinke D, McGillivray J, and Lysyk T. 2004. Clinical signs in cattle grazing high molybdenum forage. J Range Manage. 57: 269-274. | Canada | British Columbia | Witches Brook | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Determine the Mo and Cu levels in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) at Highmont, to determine the number of cattle showing clinical signs of poisoning, to monitor the Cu and Mo status of the liver and serum, and to determine whether cattle could graze the forage without ill effects. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Cattle grazing on reclaimed land | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Highmont site at Highland Valley Copper has the highest Mo levels | yes | Reclamation of the tailings site was initiated in 1989 for revegetation and sustainable cattle grazing | Reclamation of mine tailings at the Highland Valley Copper mine | Growth; Average Mo and Cu levels | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Clinical+signs+in+cattle+grazing+high+molybdenum+forage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Makarova M, Abrosimova N, Rybkina E, Fiaizullina R, and Nikolaeva I. 2017. Experimental Investigation of Sorption of Microelements from Mine Drainage on Zeolite and Clay. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. 20. Section Ecology and Environmental Protection: 8p | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Ursk and Komsomolsk | Komsomolsk; Ursk | 50.630647 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Not stated | Unclear | operation | Discuss the management and composition of tailings sites | CI | Behavior of the main pollutant elements of the considered territories (Zn, Cu, and As, Sb) is studied in the interaction of laboratory drainage solutions with clays and zeolites under dynamic and static conditions | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Experimental mine waste leachate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Tailings sites, the main source of pollution is the mine drainages containing copper, zinc, arsenic, and antimony. | yes | Drainage solutions with clays and zeolites | Adsorption with the use of natural inorganic materials has become one of the effective methods for removal of contaminants from water | Concnetrations of Cu, Zn, AS and Sb | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=EXPERIMENTAL+INVESTIGATION+OF+SORPTION+OF+MICROELEMENTS+FROM+MINE+DRAINAGE+ON+ZEOLITE+AND+CLAY&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Makinen J, Kauppila T, Loukola-Ruskeeniemi K, Mattila J, and Miettinen J. 2010. Impacts of point source and diffuse metal and nutrient loading on three northern boreal lakes. J. Geochem. Explor. 104: 47-60 | Finland | Sotkamo | Nuasjärvi, Jormasjärvi and Kolmisop | Lahnaslampi; Talvivaara | 64.1177213 | 28.0623323 | Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | A geochemical–paleolimnological study was conducted to investigate human influences on three lakes (Nuasjärvi, Jormasjärvi and Kolmisoppi) located in an area with high background levels of metals and sulphur in bedrock and till overburden as well as from two adjacent reference lakes (Jormasjärvi and Kolmisoppi) | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediments of the study lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | The main anthropogenic stressors and the expected element inputs are 1) mining activity, sulphur and base metals 2) soil tillage, alkaline and alkaline earth metals; 3) aerial fallout, S, Cd, As, Pb; and 4) nutrient enrichment, P, N, C. | no | NA | NA | Sediment composition | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impacts+of+point+source+and+diffuse+metal+and+nutrient+loading+on+three+northern+boreal+lakes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Makinen J, Kauppila T, Loukola-Ruskeeniemi K, Mattila J, and Miettinen J. 2010. Impacts of point source and diffuse metal and nutrient loading on three northern boreal lakes. J. Geochem. Explor. 104: 47-60 | Finland | Sotkamo | Nuasjärvi, Jormasjärvi and Kolmisop | Lahnaslampi; Talvivaara | 64.1177213 | 28.0623323 | Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | A geochemical–paleolimnological study was conducted to investigate human influences on three lakes (Nuasjärvi, Jormasjärvi and Kolmisoppi) located in an area with high background levels of metals and sulphur in bedrock and till overburden as well as from two adjacent reference lakes (Jormasjärvi and Kolmisoppi) | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatom communities from cores | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | The main anthropogenic stressors and the expected element inputs are 1) mining activity, sulphur and base metals 2) soil tillage, alkaline and alkaline earth metals; 3) aerial fallout, S, Cd, As, Pb; and 4) nutrient enrichment, P, N, C. | no | NA | NA | Distributions of the most abundant diatom | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impacts+of+point+source+and+diffuse+metal+and+nutrient+loading+on+three+northern+boreal+lakes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Maljanen M, Kujala K, Reinikainen J, Tuittila E-S, and Ronkanen A-K. 2018. Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of a Northern Boreal Peatland Used for Treating Metal Mine Wastewater. Wetlands. 28: 905-917. | Finland | Lapland | NS | NS | 67.45941905 | 26.57935656 | Gold | Unclear | operation | "a gold mine in Finnish Lapland" Map does not provide detail of location | CI | Studied the effect of wastewater derived from metal mining on N2O and CH4 emissions on two treatment peatlands in northern boreal zone. Quantify the effect of metal mining wastewater on CH4 and N2O emissions and to assess the key chemical controls on these emissions. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Silicone gas collectors | Environmental | 3-Air | 3A-Climate | 3A-Climate | Continuous nutrient and pollutant load to a nutrient limited peatland ecosystem may change the microbial processes and lead to increased productivity, which together are likely to change the GHG emissions | no | NA | NA | Fluxes of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) | Other | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Greenhouse+Gas+Dynamics+of+a+Northern+Boreal+Peatland+Used+for+Treating+Metal+Mine+Wastewater&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirClimate Climate |
| Maljanen M, Kujala K, Reinikainen J, Tuittila E-S, and Ronkanen A-K. 2018. Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of a Northern Boreal Peatland Used for Treating Metal Mine Wastewater. Wetlands. 28: 905-917. | Finland | Lapland | NS | NS | 67.45941905 | 26.57935656 | Gold | Unclear | operation | "a gold mine in Finnish Lapland" Map does not provide detail of location | CI | Studied the effect of wastewater derived from metal mining on N2O and CH4 emissions on two treatment peatlands in northern boreal zone. Quantify the effect of metal mining wastewater on CH4 and N2O emissions and to assess the key chemical controls on these emissions. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Pore water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Continuous nutrient and pollutant load to a nutrient limited peatland ecosystem may change the microbial processes and lead to increased productivity, which together are likely to change the GHG emissions | no | NA | NA | Chemical composition | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Greenhouse+Gas+Dynamics+of+a+Northern+Boreal+Peatland+Used+for+Treating+Metal+Mine+Wastewater&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Maljanen M, Kujala K, Reinikainen J, Tuittila E-S, and Ronkanen A-K. 2018. Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of a Northern Boreal Peatland Used for Treating Metal Mine Wastewater. Wetlands. 28: 905-917. | Finland | Lapland | NS | NS | 67.45941905 | 26.57935656 | Gold | Unclear | operation | "a gold mine in Finnish Lapland" Map does not provide detail of location | CI | Studied the effect of wastewater derived from metal mining on N2O and CH4 emissions on two treatment peatlands in northern boreal zone. Quantify the effect of metal mining wastewater on CH4 and N2O emissions and to assess the key chemical controls on these emissions. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Peat | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Continuous nutrient and pollutant load to a nutrient limited peatland ecosystem may change the microbial processes and lead to increased productivity, which together are likely to change the GHG emissions | no | NA | NA | Chemical composition | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Greenhouse+Gas+Dynamics+of+a+Northern+Boreal+Peatland+Used+for+Treating+Metal+Mine+Wastewater&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Malmqvist B and Hoffsten P-O. 1999. Influence of drainage from old mine deposits on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in central Swedish streams. Water Resources. 33 (10): 2415-2423. | Sweden | Dalarna | Regional | Regional | 60.94374989 | 14.45096543 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | Most of the sites are historically aÄffected by copper mines (pyrite) or smelting houses | CI | Analysed the benthic macroinvertebrate species composition, taxonomic richness, total abundance and biomass at 117 stream sites in the province of Dalarna. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic macroinvertebrate | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Sites exposed to elevated levels of copper, zinc, lead and cadmium resulting from leakage from old mine deposits | no | NA | NA | Taxonomic richness | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2; Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Influence+of+drainage+from+old+mine+deposits+on+benthic+macroinvertebrate+communities+in+central+Swe&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Marsden AD and DeWreede RE. 2000. Marine macroalgal community structure, metal content and reproductive function near an acid mine drainage outflow. Environmental Pollution. 110: 431-440 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Marine macroalgal communities were examined near the out _ow of acid mine drainage (AMD) from the Britannia Mine, British Columbia, Canada. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | F. gardneri a seaweed species | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | AMD-polluted Britannia Creek | no | NA | NA | Plant length; Oocyte release; Cu burden | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Marine+macroalgal+community+structure,+metal+content+and+reproductive+function+near+an+acid+mine+dra&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Marsden AD and DeWreede RE. 2000. Marine macroalgal community structure, metal content and reproductive function near an acid mine drainage outflow. Environmental Pollution. 110: 431-440 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Marine macroalgal communities were examined near the out _ow of acid mine drainage (AMD) from the Britannia Mine, British Columbia, Canada. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Filamentous green algal cover | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | AMD-polluted Britannia Creek | no | NA | NA | Percent cover | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Marine+macroalgal+community+structure,+metal+content+and+reproductive+function+near+an+acid+mine+dra&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Marsden AD, DeWreede RE and Levings CD. 2003. Survivorship and growth of Fucus gardneri after transplant to an acid mine drainage-polluted area. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 46: 65-73 | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Rockweed plants were transplanted to the intertidal zone near Britannia Creek and monitored for changes in percent cover, survivorship, growth rate and Cu content. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Rockweed (Fucus gardneri) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Acid rock drainage | no | NA | NA | Percent cover; Proportion surviving; growth rate; Cu tissue concentration | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 3 & 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Survivorship+and+growth+of+Fucus+gardneri+after+transplant+to+an+acid+mine+drainage-polluted+area&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Martin AJ and Goldblatt R. 2007. Speciation, Behavior, and Bioavailability of Copper Downstream of a Mine-Impacted Lake. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 26(12): 2594-2603. | Canada | Ontario | East Lake | Detour Lake | 50.0197117 | -79.713936 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Assess the behavior, speciation, and bioavailability of Cu in a stream system rich in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) downstream of a mine-impacted lake | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Contaminated waters downstream of mine site and upstream of all mine related inputs | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Tertiary polishing pond for mine-related effluents prior to final discharge to the receiving environment | no | NA | NA | Cu bioavailability and toxicity | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Speciation,+Behavior,+and+Bioavailability+of+Copper+Downstream+of+a+Mine-Impacted+Lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Martin AJ and Goldblatt R. 2007. Speciation, Behavior, and Bioavailability of Copper Downstream of a Mine-Impacted Lake. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 26(12): 2594-2603. | Canada | Ontario | East Lake | Detour Lake | 50.0197117 | -79.713936 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Assess the behavior, speciation, and bioavailability of Cu in a stream system rich in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) downstream of a mine-impacted lake | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Survival and reproduction of Ceriodaphnia dubia were then monitored on each of the spiked solutions | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tertiary polishing pond for mine-related effluents prior to final discharge to the receiving environment | no | NA | NA | Fecundity (mean number of young) and percentage of mortality of Ceriodaphnia dubia | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Speciation,+Behavior,+and+Bioavailability+of+Copper+Downstream+of+a+Mine-Impacted+Lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Martin AJ, and Pedersen TF. 2002. Seasonal and interannual mobility of arsenic in a lake impacted by metal mining. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36: 1516–1523 | Canada | Ontario | Balmer Lake | NR | 51.074934 | -93.7429232 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Detailed examination of the water column, sediments, and interstitial waters was conducted in Balmer Lake, Ontario, Canada, in 1993-1994 and 1999 in order to assess the seasonal and interannual controls governing the behavior of As. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake sediment-Water Interface | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Process highgrade ores rich in Ni, Cu, Zn, and As, and as a result, concentrations of these metals are significantly enriched in the lacustrine sediments. | no | NA | NA | Remobilization Rate and Diffusion Rate of Arsenic | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Seasonal+and+interannual+mobility+of+arsenic+in+a+lake+impacted+by+metal+mining&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Martin JR, Muir DCF, Moore E, Edwards AC, Becklake M, Morgan KW, Anderson H, Edstrom H, Rusted IE, and Segovia MD. 1988. Pneumoconiosis in iron ore surface mining in Labrador. J. Occup. Med. 30(10): 780-784 | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Labrador West | Regional | 53.9430887 | -61.27384724 | Iron | Surface mine | operation | Discuss two mines run by the Labrador West Mining compnay, state 'report results form the larger of the two mines' | Correlative | A cross-sectional survey of the work force at an iron ore surface mine identified cases with simple pneumoconiosis | No control | Social Science | in situ | All workers who had accumulated 3 months of continuous employment whether admin or operations | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Fine-grained fibrous silicate materials | no | NA | NA | The distribution of workers by the ILO radiologic category for simple pneumoconiosis | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Figure 1; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Pneumoconiosis+in+iron+ore+surface+mining+in+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| McLaughlin BE and Crowder AA. 1988. The distribution of Agrostis gigantea and Poa pratensis in relation to some environmental factors on a mine-tailings area at Copper Cliff, Ontario. Can. J. Bot. 66: 2317-2322 | Canada | Ontario | Copper Cliff | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | The distribution of two dominant species of grass was related to selected soil characteristics on revegetated Cu-Ni tailings at Copper Cliff, Ont, compare different zones within the tailings; wet or dry. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Subtrate in each zone of revegetation | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Revegetated Cu-Ni tailings | no | NA | NA | Moisture; metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+distribution+of+Agrostis+gigantea+and+Poa+pratensis+in+relation+to+some+environmental+factors+on&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| McLaughlin BE and Crowder AA. 1988. The distribution of Agrostis gigantea and Poa pratensis in relation to some environmental factors on a mine-tailings area at Copper Cliff, Ontario. Can. J. Bot. 66: 2317-2322 | Canada | Ontario | Copper Cliff | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | The distribution of two dominant species of grass was related to selected soil characteristics on revegetated Cu-Ni tailings at Copper Cliff, Ont, compare different zones within the tailings; wet or dry. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Dominant species of grass (Agrostis gigantea and Poa pratensis) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Revegetated Cu-Ni tailings | no | NA | NA | metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+distribution+of+Agrostis+gigantea+and+Poa+pratensis+in+relation+to+some+environmental+factors+on&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| McLeay DJ, Munday D, Lanz H and Konasewich D. 1984. A laboratory study of the bioaccumulation of metals by bivalves exposed to Alice Arm sediment contaminated with Amax/Kitsault mine tailings. Report for the Water Quality Unit, DFO, Canada Vancouver BC. | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | The bioaccumulation of metals by two species of marine bivalves (filter-feeding mussels, Mytilus edulis; and detrital-feeding Yoldia Iimatula) exposed to Alice Arm sediment contaminated with Amax/Kitsault mine tailings, or to a reference (Satellite Channel) sediment, was assessed in a laboratory study | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | ex situ | Marine bivalves (filter-feeding mussels, Mytilus edulis; and detrital-feeding Yoldia Iimatula) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Exposure to Alice Arm seiment contaminated with tailings | no | NA | NA | Tissue Cu, Pb, Mo, and Zn concentrations; Survival | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | pg 30-40 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+laboratory+study+of+the+bioaccumulation+of+metals+by+bivalves+exposed+to+Alice+Arm+sediment+contam&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| McNaughton KA. 2001. The limnology of two proximal pit lakes after twenty years of intense flooding (Ontario). Lakehead University MSc thesis | Canada | Ontario | Caland and Hogarth Pit Lakes | Steep Rock | 48.7963745 | -91.6455637 | Iron | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Two adjacent pit-lakes, Caland and Hogarth, formed after the flooding o f open pit iron mines near Atikokan, Ontario, Canada, were examined for their w ater quality relationships and potential to support aquaculture. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water quality in both pit-lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Flooding o f open pit iron mines near Atikokan, | no | NA | NA | Water Chemsitry | Water quality | Quantitative | Section 1.3.1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+limnology+of+two+proximal+pit+lakes+after+twenty+years+of+intense+flooding+(Ontario)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Mevenkamp L, Stratmann T, Guilini K, Moodley L, van Oevelen D, Vanreusel A, Westerlund S, and Sweetman AK. 2017. Impaired Short-Term Functioning of a Benthic Community from a Deep Norwegian Fjord Following Deposition of Mine Tailings and Sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:169 | Norway | Vestland | Hadangerfjord | NS | 60.2151823 | 5.7909757 | Iron | Unclear | abandonment | exposure to different deposition depths of inert iron ore tailing | CI | Investigated the effect of short- term exposure to different deposition depths of inert iron ore tailings (0.1, 0.5, and 3 cm) and dead subsurface sediment (0.5 and 3 cm) on a deep water (200 m) fjord benthic assemblage in a microcosm experiment. | Control | Lab Experiment | mesocosm | Fjord benthic assemblage | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Dumping and storage of tailings in to the marine environment | no | NA | NA | Mean abundances; Biomass; oxygen consumption | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 4-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impaired+short-term+functioning+of+a+benthic+community+from+a+deep+Norwegian+fjord+following+deposit&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Mezhibor A, Rikhvanov L, and Baranovskaya N. 2017. Assessment of the accumulation of chemical elements in mosses from the areas of waste disposal from gold mining (The case of Kemerovo Region, Russia). 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. 133-140. | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Ursk and Komsomolsk | Kemerovo | 55.4041922 | 85.802408 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | In Kemerovo region there are two former gold mining areas | Correlative | Research of elemental composition of moss Polytricum commune growing around 2 sites of mining tailings located in Kemerovo region in Russia. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of mining tailings on the environment in Ursk and Komsomolsk tailing sites using moss survey. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Moss (Polytricum commune) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Two former gold mining areas characterizing by strongly altered landscape and pollution by toxic chemical elements | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of chemical elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+the+accumulation+of+chemical+elements+in+mosses+from+the+areas+of+waste+disposal+from+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Migueal P, Michael P, Djeukam C, and Nkongolo K. 2017. Differential gene transcription in red oak (Quercus rubra) genotypes resistant to copper toxicity. Amer. J. Biochem. Biotech. 13(4): 215-225 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Quercus rubra seeds were collected from zone 34 in Southern Ontario, seedlings were germinated, grown and to evaluate the toxicity of copper to plants | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Analysis of plant damage and growth changes in response to copper contaminatio | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Copper is one of the most abundant metals in soils from the Greater Sudbury Region due to its mining history | no | NA | NA | Damage ratings of Quercus rubra seedlings after 14 days of treatments with different doses of copper sulfate | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Differential+gene+transcription+in+red+oak+(Quercus+rubra)+genotypes+resistant+to+copper+toxicity&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Miller PA, Munkittrick KR, and Dixon DG. 1992. Relationship between concentrations of Copper and Zinc in water sediment, benthic invertebrates, and tissues of White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) at metal-contaminated sites. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49: 978-984. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Noranda | 49.159594 | -85.8012277 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Relationship of concentrations of Cu and Zn in white sucker tissues to cocnentrations of those in water, sediment and benthic invertebrates were investigated in field study and six Ontario lakes contaminated with mixed-metal mining wastes | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water, sediments and invertebrate bioaccumulation | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Mixed-metal mining wastes | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | Correlate tissue concentrations to ecosystem concentrations | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Relationship+between+concentrations+of+Copper+and+Zinc+in+water+sediment,+benthic+invertebrates,+and&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Miller PA, Munkittrick KR, and Dixon DG. 1992. Relationship between concentrations of Copper and Zinc in water sediment, benthic invertebrates, and tissues of White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) at metal-contaminated sites. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49: 978-984. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Noranda | 49.159594 | -85.8012277 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Relationship of concentrations of Cu and Zn in white sucker tissues to cocnentrations of those in water, sediment and benthic invertebrates were investigated in field study and six Ontario lakes contaminated with mixed-metal mining wastes | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mixed-metal mining wastes | no | NA | NA | Tissue metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3-5 | Correlate tissue concentrations to ecosystem concentrations | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Relationship+between+concentrations+of+Copper+and+Zinc+in+water+sediment,+benthic+invertebrates,+and&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Milligan TG and Law BA. 2013. Contaminants at the sediment-water interface: implications for environmental impact assessment and effects monitoring. Environmental Science and Technology. 47: 5828-5834. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Seal Harbour | Seal Harbour | 45.1012 | -61.3603 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Collection and analysis of the metals concentrations in the mobile surface layer was carried out at two locations in Eastern Canada, one impacted by tailings from historic gold mining and the other by open-pen salmon aquaculture | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment corers that preserve the sediment_water interface | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Flocculation allows contaminants to accumulate at the sediment_water interface and it packages them in a form that is readily available for ingestion by filter feeding organisms | no | NA | NA | Concentration of selected metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Contaminants+at+the+sediment-water+interface:+implications+for+environmental+impact+assessment+and+e&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Millward GE, Rowley C, Sands TK, Howland RJM and Pantiulin A. 1999. Metals in the Sediments and Mussels of the Chupa Estuary (White Sea) Russia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 48: 13-25. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Chupa Estuary | Muscovite | 66.3373 | 33.6858 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | Correlative | Surface sediments have been collected from the Chupa Estuary (Russia) and metal concentrations in the bodies and stomach, plus contents, of blue mussels influenced by the Muscovite mine in mid-estuary | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface sediments have been collected from the Chupa Estuary | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Proximity to Muscovite mine in mid-estuary | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4-8; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metals+in+the+Sediments+and+Mussels+of+the+Chupa+Estuary+(White+Sea)+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Millward GE, Rowley C, Sands TK, Howland RJM and Pantiulin A. 1999. Metals in the Sediments and Mussels of the Chupa Estuary (White Sea) Russia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 48: 13-25. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Chupa Estuary | Muscovite | 66.3373 | 33.6858 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | Correlative | Surface sediments have been collected from the Chupa Estuary (Russia) and metal concentrations in the bodies and stomach, plus contents, of blue mussels influenced by the Muscovite mine in mid-estuary | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bodies and stomach, plus contents, of blue mussels | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Proximity to Muscovite mine in mid-estuary | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metals+in+the+Sediments+and+Mussels+of+the+Chupa+Estuary+(White+Sea)+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Milner AM and Piorkowski RJ. 2004. Macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams of interior Alaska following alluvial gold mining. River Res Appl. 20:719-731. | USA | Alaska | Chatanika River | Circle Mining District | 65.3 | -140.3 | Gold | Placer mine | postclosure; remediation; abandonment | Previous mining of various timelines (2-50 years previously mined) | CI | Examine macroinvertebrate assemblages at sites representing contrasting stages of reclamation following mining (from 1 to 50 years) to determine whether distinct communities were evident that might indicate different stages of recovery and three streams without a history of mining were included in our study as additional control sites. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Macroinvertebrate community structure for comparison between sites | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Re-routing the stream to one side of the valley while the gravels are removed across the floodplain for proces-sing | yes | Negligible post-mining rehabilitation of stream channels has been typically carried out in central Alaska, for example by re-engineering contours of the channel, or replacing overburden and covering with topsoil | Re-directed back into a reclaimed new channel after mining has ceased in that section of stream. | Mean invertebrate abundance; Biomass; Family biotic index (FBI) | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table II-IV; Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Macroinvertebrate+assemblages+in+streams+of+interior+Alaska+following+alluvial+gold+mining&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Moiseenko TI and Lukin AA. 1999. Fish pathology in polluted water bodies of the Subarctic and its diagnosis. Journal of Ichthyology. 39(7): 532-543. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Lakes Imandra, Umbozero, and Lovozero | Apatity; Karnasurt; Olenegorsk; Umbozerskii | 67.634056 | 33.2540033 | Iron; Copper; Nickel | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Characteristics of the observed fish pathologies by their clinical and pathologoanatomic symptoms (macrodiagnostics) and histologic analysis of the main disturbances in the cell structure of both organs and tissues (microdiagnostics) are given on the basis of a longterm study of fish communities in polluted water bodies of the Subarctic. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Etiology and epizootology of specific fish diseases | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Long-term effects of pollution from mining, concentration, copper-nickel works, and warmed-up waters of the nuclear power plant | no | NA | NA | Characteristic of whitefish Coregonus lavaretus morbidity | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 8-9 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Fish+pathology+in+polluted+water+bodies+of+the+Subarctic+and+its+diagnosis&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Moiseenko TI, Dauvalter VA, and Rodushkin IV. 1998. Mechanisms of the cycle of natural and human-introduced metals in surface waters of the Arctic Basin. Water Resources. 25(2): 212-224. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Regional | Apatity; Karnasurt; Olenegorsk; Umbozerskii | 67.634056 | 33.2540033 | Iron; Copper; Molybdenum | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Goal of this work is to study the forms of metal migration and occurrence in water, their sedimentation, and transformations under different conditions. The results of these investigations should form a theoreticcal base for the assessment of ecological risk for the ecosystems of the Arctic Basin | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Wide-scale sampling of small lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Assessing the atmospheric fallouts on watersheds due to local and external sources and of determining the regional background values of metal concentrations in water and in bed-load deposits | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mechanisms+of+the+cycle+of+natural+and+human-introduced+metals+in+surface+waters+of+the+Arctic+Basin&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Moiseenko TI, Dauvalter VA, and Rodushkin IV. 1998. Mechanisms of the cycle of natural and human-introduced metals in surface waters of the Arctic Basin. Water Resources. 25(2): 212-224. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Regional | Apatity; Karnasurt; Olenegorsk; Umbozerskii | 67.634056 | 33.2540033 | Iron; Copper; Molybdenum | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Goal of this work is to study the forms of metal migration and occurrence in water, their sedimentation, and transformations under different conditions. The results of these investigations should form a theoreticcal base for the assessment of ecological risk for the ecosystems of the Arctic Basin | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Wide-scale sampling of small lakes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quantity | Assessing the atmospheric fallouts on watersheds due to local and external sources and of determining the regional background values of metal concentrations in water and in bed-load deposits | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mechanisms+of+the+cycle+of+natural+and+human-introduced+metals+in+surface+waters+of+the+Arctic+Basin&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuantity |
| Moiseenko TI, Megorskii VV, Gashina NA, and Kudryavtseva LP. 2010. Water pollution effect on population health in an industrial northern region. Water Resources. 37(2): 194-203. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Regional | Apatity; Nikel; Olenegorsk | 67.634056 | 33.2540033 | Iron; Copper; Molybdenum | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | The identification of pollution of surface water used for drinking water supply by toxic heavy metals with six towns and settlements in the industrial Kola region | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface water used for drinking water supply | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Concentrations of hazardous elements (metals and metalloids) in water increase due to direct discharge of wastewater from metallurgical plants into lakes and rivers | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Water+pollution+effect+on+population+health+in+an+industrial+northern+region&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Moiseenko TI, Megorskii VV, Gashina NA, and Kudryavtseva LP. 2010. Water pollution effect on population health in an industrial northern region. Water Resources. 37(2): 194-203. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Regional | Apatity; Nikel; Olenegorsk | 67.634056 | 33.2540033 | Iron; Copper; Molybdenum | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Assessment of population morbidity in towns and settlements taking water for drinking water supply from surface water bodies; and effect of drinking water pollution and HM accumulation in human organs | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Towns in industrial region (Monchegorsk, Apatity, Polyarnye Zori, and Olenegorsk) and in more remote settlements (Alakurti and Lovozero) | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Concentrations of hazardous elements (metals and metalloids) in water increase due to direct discharge of wastewater from metallurgical plants into lakes and rivers | no | NA | NA | Morbidity dynamics; Metal concentrations in liver and knidey | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Water+pollution+effect+on+population+health+in+an+industrial+northern+region&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Moiseenko TI, Morgunov BA, Gashkina NA, Megorskiy VV, and Pesiakova AA. 2018. Ecosystem and human health assessment in relation to aquatic environment pollution by heavy metals: case study of the Murmansk region, northwest of the Kola Peninsula, Russia.Environ. Res. Lett. 13: 1-13 | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Monche Lake; Imandra Lake; Kolozero Lake; Umbozero Lake; Pirenga Lake | Monchegorsk | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Investigate the relationship between surface water contamination by metals, and fish and human health. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) were used as the bioindicator | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | 70 years of mining and smelting | no | NA | NA | Metal accumulation in tissues; fish disease %; | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecosystem+and+human+health+assessment+in+relation+to+aquatic+environment+pollution+by+heavy+metals:+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Moiseenko TI, Morgunov BA, Gashkina NA, Megorskiy VV, and Pesiakova AA. 2018. Ecosystem and human health assessment in relation to aquatic environment pollution by heavy metals: case study of the Murmansk region, northwest of the Kola Peninsula, Russia.Environ. Res. Lett. 13: 1-13 | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Monche Lake; Imandra Lake; Kolozero Lake; Umbozero Lake; Pirenga Lake | Monchegorsk | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Investigate the relationship between surface water contamination by metals, and fish and human health. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples collected from water supply sources | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | 71 years of mining and smelting | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of metals; water chemistry | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecosystem+and+human+health+assessment+in+relation+to+aquatic+environment+pollution+by+heavy+metals:+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Moiseenko TI, Morgunov BA, Gashkina NA, Megorskiy VV, Kudryavtseva LP, Kyrov DN, and Sokolkova SV. 2013. Water quality impacts on human population health in mining-and-metallurgical industry regions, Russia. Wang, Y (Ed). Water quality: Indicators, human impact and environmental health. Chapter 10: 259-272. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Regional | Regional | 67.39887624 | 37.60576494 | Copper; Nickel | Unclear | operation | Copper and Nickel works; mines and mining and concentrations plants in the Kola Region | Correlative | Relationship between water quality indices and heavy metal accumulation in kidney and liver of pstmortem-examined patients | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Drinking water samples | Social | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Heavy metal accumulation in aquatic environments | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Water+quality+impacts+on+human+population+health+in+mining-and-metallurgical+industry+regions,+Russi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Moiseenko TI, Morgunov BA, Gashkina NA, Megorskiy VV, Kudryavtseva LP, Kyrov DN, and Sokolkova SV. 2013. Water quality impacts on human population health in mining-and-metallurgical industry regions, Russia. Wang, Y (Ed). Water quality: Indicators, human impact and environmental health. Chapter 10: 259-272. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Regional | Regional | 67.39887624 | 37.60576494 | Copper; Nickel | Unclear | operation | Copper and Nickel works; mines and mining and concentrations plants in the Kola Region | Correlative | Relationship between water quality indices and heavy metal accumulation in kidney and liver of pstmortem-examined patients | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Population morbidity in towns and settlements in a mining region | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Heavy metal accumulation in aquatic environments | no | NA | NA | Occurrence of disease; Metal content in liver and kidneys | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Water+quality+impacts+on+human+population+health+in+mining-and-metallurgical+industry+regions,+Russi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Moiseenko TI, Voinov AA, Megorsky VV, Gashkina NA, Kudriavtseva LP, Vandish OI, Sharov AN, Sharova Y, and Koroleva IN. 2006. Ecosystem and human health assessment to define environmental management strategies: The case of long-term human impacts on an Arctic lake. Science of the Total Environment. 369: 1-20. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Imandra | Olenegorsk; Severonickel | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Nickel; Iron; Copper | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Track the impacts of toxic pollution on ecosystem health and then — human health. Three periods are identified: (a) natural, pre-industrial state; (b) disturbed, under rapid economic development; and (c) partial recovery, during recent economic meltdown. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface water of Bol'shaya Imandra | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Imandra watershed that has exceptionally high levels of economic development, extraction and large numbers of people living there | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecosystem+and+human+health+assessment+to+define+environmental+management+strategies:+The+case+of+lon&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Moiseenko TI, Voinov AA, Megorsky VV, Gashkina NA, Kudriavtseva LP, Vandish OI, Sharov AN, Sharova Y, and Koroleva IN. 2006. Ecosystem and human health assessment to define environmental management strategies: The case of long-term human impacts on an Arctic lake. Science of the Total Environment. 369: 1-20. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Imandra | Olenegorsk; Severonickel | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Nickel; Iron; Copper | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Track the impacts of toxic pollution on ecosystem health and then — human health. Three periods are identified: (a) natural, pre-industrial state; (b) disturbed, under rapid economic development; and (c) partial recovery, during recent economic meltdown. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Indicators of community conditions of Lake Bol'shaya Imandra | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Imandra watershed that has exceptionally high levels of economic development, extraction and large numbers of people living there | no | NA | NA | Biomass; Biodiversity | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecosystem+and+human+health+assessment+to+define+environmental+management+strategies:+The+case+of+lon&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Moiseenko TI, Voinov AA, Megorsky VV, Gashkina NA, Kudriavtseva LP, Vandish OI, Sharov AN, Sharova Y, and Koroleva IN. 2006. Ecosystem and human health assessment to define environmental management strategies: The case of long-term human impacts on an Arctic lake. Science of the Total Environment. 369: 1-20. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Imandra | Olenegorsk; Severonickel | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Nickel; Iron; Copper | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Track the impacts of toxic pollution on ecosystem health and then — human health. Three periods are identified: (a) natural, pre-industrial state; (b) disturbed, under rapid economic development; and (c) partial recovery, during recent economic meltdown. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Imandra watershed that has exceptionally high levels of economic development, extraction and large numbers of people living there | no | NA | NA | Disease; Metal accumulation | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 4; Figure 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecosystem+and+human+health+assessment+to+define+environmental+management+strategies:+The+case+of+lon&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Moiseenko TI, Voinov AA, Megorsky VV, Gashkina NA, Kudriavtseva LP, Vandish OI, Sharov AN, Sharova Y, and Koroleva IN. 2006. Ecosystem and human health assessment to define environmental management strategies: The case of long-term human impacts on an Arctic lake. Science of the Total Environment. 369: 1-20. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Imandra | Olenegorsk; Severonickel | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Nickel; Iron; Copper | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Track the impacts of toxic pollution on ecosystem health and then — human health. Three periods are identified: (a) natural, pre-industrial state; (b) disturbed, under rapid economic development; and (c) partial recovery, during recent economic meltdown. | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Adult population in cities and Murmansk oblast as a whole | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Imandra watershed that has exceptionally high levels of economic development, extraction and large numbers of people living there | no | NA | NA | Occurrence of major diseases; Concentrations of metals in drinking water | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 5-6; Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecosystem+and+human+health+assessment+to+define+environmental+management+strategies:+The+case+of+lon&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Moncur MC, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, and Jambor JL. 2006. Spatial variation in water composition at a northern Canadian lake impacted by mine drainage. Appl. Geochem. 21(10): 1799–1817 | Canada | Manitoba | Camp Lake | Sherritt-Gordon | 55.13639 | -101.109757 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Objectives were to determine the physical mehanisms and geochemical reactions controlling the spatial distribution of dissolved metals and SO4 within the lake. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples from the Camp Lake water column | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Tailings were discharged to two separate impoundments Camp Lake and Woods Tailings | no | NA | NA | Water Quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 5; Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+variation+in+water+composition+at+a+northern+Canadian+lake+impacted+by+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Moncur MC, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, and Jambor JL. 2006. Spatial variation in water composition at a northern Canadian lake impacted by mine drainage. Appl. Geochem. 21(10): 1799–1817 | Canada | Manitoba | Camp Lake | Sherritt-Gordon | 55.13639 | -101.109757 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Objectives were to determine the physical mehanisms and geochemical reactions controlling the spatial distribution of dissolved metals and SO4 within the lake. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Undisturbed sediment cores from Camp Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Tailings were discharged to two separate impoundments Camp Lake and Woods Tailings | no | NA | NA | Metal concnetrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+variation+in+water+composition+at+a+northern+Canadian+lake+impacted+by+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |