Assessment of Ecological Effects from Cadmium Releases, Proposed Diavik Diamond Mine (Gartner Lee, September 1999)
This environmental assessment evaluates the potential ecological effects of cadmium releases from the proposed Diavik Diamond Mine on Lac de Gras, examining cadmium sources, environmental fate, bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms, and predicted adverse effects on aquatic life including fish, invertebrates, and sediment-dwelling organisms.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd., Dr. Neil Hutchinson, Gartner Lee Ltd., Diavik Diamonds Inc., Don MacDonald, Government of Canada
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Coppermine River Basin, Nunavut, Coronation Gulf, Arctic Ocean, Yamba Lake, Point Lake, Takijuq Lake, Kugluktuk, East Island, north inlet, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Markham, Ontario
- Parameters
- cadmium, water quality, sediment quality, bioaccumulation, aquatic toxicity, fish tissue concentrations, water hardness, dissolved cadmium, sediment-associated cadmium, ecological effects, aquatic plants, aquatic invertebrates, fish survival, food chain uptake, leaching rates, wastewater discharge, dike construction
- Pages
- 39
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