Recovery of fish communities in the Finniss River, Northern Australia, following remediation of the rum jungle uranium/copper mine site

Jeffree, R; Twining, JR; Thomson, J

Recovery of fish communities in the Finniss River, Northern Australia, following remediation of the rum jungle uranium/copper mine site

Jeffree, R Twining, JR Thomson, J

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Publisher:: American Chemical Society
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Environmental Science & Technology, 2001, 35 pp. 2932 - 2941
Issue Date:: 2001-01

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dc.contributor.author	Jeffree, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Twining, JR	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thomson, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental Science & Technology, 2001, 35 pp. 2932 - 2941	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0013-936X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15362
dc.description.abstract	In this study we compare fish diversity and abundances in the impacted region of the FR, with sites unexposed to elevated water concentrations of contaminants, both before and after remediation. Our results show both the preremedial impact of unabated contaminants from RJ on fishes and their postremedial recovery. Their recovery is explained as primarily due to measured reductions in annual contaminant loads and, more particularly, the reduced occurrence of their elevated water concentrations in the FR, that diminishes the likelihood of fish kills at the beginning of the wet season.	en_US
dc.publisher	American Chemical Society	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Environmental Science & Technology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es001719	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Recovery of fish communities in the Finniss River, Northern Australia, following remediation of the rum jungle uranium/copper mine site	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	35	en_US
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Abstract:

In this study we compare fish diversity and abundances in the impacted region of the FR, with sites unexposed to elevated water concentrations of contaminants, both before and after remediation. Our results show both the preremedial impact of unabated contaminants from RJ on fishes and their postremedial recovery. Their recovery is explained as primarily due to measured reductions in annual contaminant loads and, more particularly, the reduced occurrence of their elevated water concentrations in the FR, that diminishes the likelihood of fish kills at the beginning of the wet season.

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