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- Title
Prolonged Exposure to Mine Tailings and Survival and Reproductive Success of Ovigerous Tanner Crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi).
- Authors
Stone, R. P.; Johnson, S. W.
- Abstract
The article offers information about a study that aimed to determine the effect of prolonged exposure to mine tailings on survival and reproductive success of ovigerous Tanner crabs, and the bioavailability of heavy metals to adult crabs. This study is a part of the plan of the Alaska-Juneau gold mine near Juneau, Alaska to reopen. The plan includes submarine tailings disposal (STD) as an option for disposal of the finely crushed rock that remains after milling and mineral separation. This study is expected to provide resource managers with valuable information on the potential effects of STD on a dominant benthic invertebrate which supports important commercial and recreational fisheries.
- Subjects
JUNEAU (Alaska); ALASKA; METAL tailings; TANNER crabs; MINES &; mineral resources; MINE management; MINERAL industries; ENVIRONMENTAL health; APPLIED ecology
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1998, Vol 61, Issue 4, p548
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900797