The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests

Rebecca Sullivan; Ian Wright; Adrian Renshaw; Mitchell Wilks

The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests

Rebecca Sullivan, Ian Wright, Adrian Renshaw, Mitchell Wilks

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Abstract

The water quality and macroinvertebrate assemblages from two sites in the Lithgow area were strongly modified by two different types of mining (mixed metals and coal).The extent and severity of these modifications differ from site to site. The abandoned Sunny Corner mixed metal mine site impacted on Daylight creek significantly more than Clarence colliery on Wollangambe River. Both sites demonstrated a decline of macroinvertebrate abundance, family richness and degradation of water quality in comparison to ANZECC ecosystem protection guidelines. A novel bio-assay (not previously used in Australian) using the introduced New Zealand Mudsnail (P.antipodarum) provided a rapid indication of the mining wastewaters impact on macroinvertebrate communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference: Catchment to Coast, Townsville, Queensland, 27-30 July 2014
Publisher	River Basin Management Society
Pages	369-376
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9780734050380
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Australian Stream Management Conference - Duration: 27 Jul 2014 → …

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Conference	Australian Stream Management Conference
Period	27/07/14 → …

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Sullivan, R., Wright, I., Renshaw, A., & Wilks, M. (2014). The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests. In Proceedings of the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference: Catchment to Coast, Townsville, Queensland, 27-30 July 2014 (pp. 369-376). River Basin Management Society.

Sullivan, Rebecca ; Wright, Ian ; Renshaw, Adrian et al. / The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests. Proceedings of the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference: Catchment to Coast, Townsville, Queensland, 27-30 July 2014. River Basin Management Society, 2014. pp. 369-376

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Sullivan, R, Wright, I , Renshaw, A & Wilks, M 2014, The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests. in Proceedings of the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference: Catchment to Coast, Townsville, Queensland, 27-30 July 2014. River Basin Management Society, pp. 369-376, Australian Stream Management Conference, 27/07/14.

The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests. / Sullivan, Rebecca; Wright, Ian ; Renshaw, Adrian et al.
Proceedings of the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference: Catchment to Coast, Townsville, Queensland, 27-30 July 2014. River Basin Management Society, 2014. p. 369-376.

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Sullivan R, Wright I , Renshaw A, Wilks M. The assessment of impacts from mining wastes on water quality and aquatic ecosystems using freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and novel bio-assay tests. In Proceedings of the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference: Catchment to Coast, Townsville, Queensland, 27-30 July 2014. River Basin Management Society. 2014. p. 369-376

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