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Berkeley Pit Biodiversity
 Ongoing research by Laboratories in the Departments of Biology (Dr. Grant G. Mitman) and Chemistry (Drs. Don and Andrea Stierle) have uncovered a variety of interesting life forms that are able to survive the extreme environment of the Berkeley Pit Lake System.
This web page will chronicle our published findings with micrographs of these organisms as we discover them.
 Read the2000 Discover Article, "New Life in a Death Trap: Will algae blooming in an acidic, poisonous Montana mine lead us to an answer for Superfund sites?"
(PDF 439K )
Other Links
Moss Bioremediation Research
Phycological Society of America
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