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ArticleHeliyon2022

Distribution of metals and radionuclides in the lichens

J Anderson, F Caron, P Beckett, G A Spiers, N Lévesque, G M Charbonneau, B Halvorson, H Dufour, A Lock

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J AndersonTestmark Laboratories Ltd, 7 Margaret St. Garson, ON P3L 1E1 Canada.
F CaronDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, 13 General Crerar Cr Kingston, ON, K7K 7B4 Canada.
P BeckettVale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada.
G A SpiersVale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada.
N LévesqueSchool of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd. Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada.
G M CharbonneauTestmark Laboratories Ltd, 7 Margaret St. Garson, ON P3L 1E1 Canada.
B HalvorsonTestmark Laboratories Ltd, 7 Margaret St. Garson, ON P3L 1E1 Canada.
H DufourHarquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada.
A LockSchool of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd. Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada.
Laurentian University · CATestmark Laboratories (Canada) · CARoyal Military College of Canada · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study was performed in the Elliot Lake area (Ontario, Canada), a site of uranium mining and milling for nearly 40 years between 1950's and 1990's. Although mining activities ceased in the mid-1990's, the site hosts several tailings management areas (TMAs) which are under ongoing rehabilitation and monitoring. Several surveys using lichens as a biomonitoring tool were completed in the 1980s and the 1990s to assess the levels of contaminants. The present survey aimed to re-visit the historical surveys, and to determine the current status of environmental recovery of the area. Our survey consisted of sampling two lichen species,

Indexed as

Artificial radionuclidesEnvironmental recoveryHistorical miningMetal contaminationNatural radionuclidesTerricolous lichens

Identifiers

PMID36544830
PMCPMC9761608
OpenAlexW4312091986

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