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Aquatic Ecology: Special Issue ‘Ecology of a Flooded Opencast Sulphur Mine’

Aquatic Ecology: Special Issue ‘Ecology of a Flooded Opencast Sulphur Mine’ Aquat Ecol (2006) 40:133–134 DOI 10.1007/s10452-006-9038-2 PREF ACE Aquatic Ecology: Special issue ‘Ecology of a flooded opencast sulphur mine’ Roman Zurek Æ Niels De Pauw Published online: 22 June 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006 Flooded opencast mines are ubiquitous. They are investigations, as in Germany on acid lignite pits, usually lignite pits, abandoned coal mines, quarries or showed the usefulness of such environments in clay-pits. Some flooded pits can be especially dan- explaining ecological bases of the functioning of gerous for the environment for instance after termi- these extremely ill-defined ecosystems. In Poland nation of uranium mining. Such problems are on there were two sulphur-strip mines: in Machow and record from the US, Germany (formerly East Ger- Piaseczno near the town of Tarnobrzeg. The sulphur many), Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and some other ´ containing limestone at Machow mine was covered countries. Reclamation of such pits is very expensive: by 20 m of shale clay and after coating flooded in the estimated costs may invariably be equal to the 2005. The mine at Piaseczno has remained for construction of a new mine. This explains why so 35 years in a semi-flooded state. The age of the water many pits http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Ecology Springer Journals

Aquatic Ecology: Special Issue ‘Ecology of a Flooded Opencast Sulphur Mine’

Aquatic Ecology , Volume 40 (2) – Jun 22, 2006

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Subject
Life Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Ecosystems
ISSN
1386-2588
eISSN
1573-5125
DOI
10.1007/s10452-006-9038-2
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Abstract

Aquat Ecol (2006) 40:133–134 DOI 10.1007/s10452-006-9038-2 PREF ACE Aquatic Ecology: Special issue ‘Ecology of a flooded opencast sulphur mine’ Roman Zurek Æ Niels De Pauw Published online: 22 June 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006 Flooded opencast mines are ubiquitous. They are investigations, as in Germany on acid lignite pits, usually lignite pits, abandoned coal mines, quarries or showed the usefulness of such environments in clay-pits. Some flooded pits can be especially dan- explaining ecological bases of the functioning of gerous for the environment for instance after termi- these extremely ill-defined ecosystems. In Poland nation of uranium mining. Such problems are on there were two sulphur-strip mines: in Machow and record from the US, Germany (formerly East Ger- Piaseczno near the town of Tarnobrzeg. The sulphur many), Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and some other ´ containing limestone at Machow mine was covered countries. Reclamation of such pits is very expensive: by 20 m of shale clay and after coating flooded in the estimated costs may invariably be equal to the 2005. The mine at Piaseczno has remained for construction of a new mine. This explains why so 35 years in a semi-flooded state. The age of the water many pits

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Aquatic EcologySpringer Journals

Published: Jun 22, 2006

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