About the Authors

Heath W. Garris

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

heath.garris@covenant.edu

Current address: Department of Biology, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Natural Resource Sciences & Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Susan A. Baldwin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jon Taylor

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David B. Gurr

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Daniel R. Denesiuk

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Natural Resource Sciences & Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Jonathan D. Van Hamme

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Natural Resource Sciences & Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Lauchlan H. Fraser

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Natural Resource Sciences & Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

Mount Polley Mine Inc provided matching funds, site access, transportation, and material assistance in completing this research project (including protective equipment, boat rental and access, SONDE water quality probes, and access to data/schematics collected by mine employees). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.