Restoration and Recovery of an Industrial Region

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. History of Geology, Mineral Exploration, and Environmental Damage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 2-4

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   2. Geological and Geographic Setting

      • David A. B. Pearson, J. Roger Pitblado

      Pages 5-15

   3. Early History of Human Activities in the Sudbury Area and Ecological Damage to the Landscape

      • Keith Winterhalder

      Pages 17-31

   4. Reading the Records Stored in the Lake Sediments: A Method of Examining the History and Extent of Industrial Damage to Lakes

      • Sushil S. Dixit, Aruna S. Dixit, John P. Smol, W. Keller

      Pages 33-44

3. Trends in Natural Recovery after Emission Reductions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 46-49

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   2. Declining Industrial Emissions, Improving Air Quality, and Reduced Damage to Vegetation

      • Raymond R. Potvin, John J. Negusanti

      Pages 51-65

   3. Lake Water Quality Improvements and Recovering Aquatic Communities

      • W. Keller, John M. Gunn

      Pages 67-80

   4. Lichens: Sensitive Indicators of Improving Air Quality

      • Peter J. Beckett

      Pages 81-91

   5. Natural Recovery of Vascular Plant Communities on the Industrial Barrens of the Sudbury Area

      • Keith Winterhalder

      Pages 93-102

4. Goals of Restoration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 104-107

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   2. Municipal Land Restoration Program: The Regreening Process

      • William E. Lautenbach, Jim Miller, Peter J. Beckett, John J. Negusanti, Keith Winterhalder

      Pages 109-122

   3. Revegetation of the Copper Cliff Tailings Area

      • Tom H. Peters

      Pages 123-133

   4. Engineered Wetlands as a Tailings Rehabilitation Strategy

      • Bob Michelutti, Mark Wiseman

      Pages 135-141

   5. Preservation of Biodiversity: Aurora Trout

      • Ed J. Snucins, John M. Gunn, W. Keller

      Pages 143-153

   6. Partnerships for Wildlife Restoration: Peregrine Falcons

      • Chris G. Blomme, Karen M. Laws

      Pages 155-166

5. Research Topics in Restoration Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 168-172

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   2. Dynamics of Plant Communities and Soils in Revegetated Ecosystems: A Sudbury Case Study

      • Keith Winterhalder

      Pages 173-182

   3. Lake Sediments: Sources or Sinks of Industrially Mobilized Elements?

      • Nelson Belzile, J. Robert Morris

      Pages 183-193

   4. Liming of Sudbury Lakes: Lessons for Recovery of Aquatic Biota from Acidification

      • Norman D. Yan, W. Keller, John M. Gunn

      Pages 195-204

Sudbury, Ontario is one of the world's most polluted areas. A century of industrial activities has resulted in thousands of acidified lakes and vast areas of denuded land. This book describes, in a manner accessible to a wide audience, the damage and the efforts at environmental restoration at Sudbury which resulted in its winning a United Nations award in 1992 for land reclamation.
The book has been written by a distinguished group of contributors, ranging from experts in acid rain and land reclamation to environmental engineers and toxicologists.

• Monitoring
• Sediment
• biodiversity
• ecology
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• emissions
• environment
• environmental health
• soil
• vegetation
• ecotoxicology
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada

  John M. Gunn

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