Boreal Caribou Search Results
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Ecological factors discussed for each species include soil and moisture requirements, reproduction, establishment, growth, successional roles, sensitivity to pollutants, and the associated species
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Runoff from within the study area contributes less than 10% of the average flow in the Athabasca River at the northern boundary of the study area. Snowfall constitutes about 30% of precipitation
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C. Li
A. Singh
N. Klamerth
K. McPhendran
P. Chelme-Ayala
Milos Bilosevic
Mohamed Gamal El-Din
Review of the adverse effects of individual compounds, or mixtures of compounds, that are present in oil sands process-affected water and/or other oil-related sources.
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The Peace River Coal Block in B.C. extends a distance of 150 miles from the Williston reservoir to the Alberta border. Approximately seven hundred and fifty Coal Licences are involved, each one mile...
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Conservation and Utilization Committee
More emphasis is placed on field programs than on greenhouse studies, because of the nature of the problems involved. However, some topics can only be studied by laboratory methods for several years,
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This report represents the findings of a literature review carried out on small mammal damage to revegetation areas and on small mammal control procedures
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G.R. Dyke
Alan Birdsall
P.L. Sharp
Shorebirds readily landed on the shore of this pond and were observed to pick up bitumen on their feet and legs. Hazard considered small although some shorebirds are known to have died at this pond
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Craig DeMars
Kendal Benesh
The boreal ecotype of woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) is provincially Red-listed in British Columbia and federally listed as Threatened. Population declines of boreal caribou have been...
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Paul King
G. Granger
A. Straka
The results of preliminary experiments on pre-germination treatment methods for nine selected native woody plant species for disturbed land reclamation in the Rocky Mountain Eastern Slopes of Alberta.
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Dennis Cook
Jerald Jacobson
The 1977 moose population of 320 moose was contained in an estimated 196 groups distributed on 23 percent of the square-mile study area quadrats at the time of census (363± 30% estimated in 1976)
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The amounts of sulphate and nitrate deposited in the snow within 25 km of the oil sands plants have increased by 88 and 27% respectively, since the previous study in 1978
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M.A. Giles
J.F. Klaverkamp
S.G. Lawrence
Purpose of this project was to provide detailed information regarding the acute toxicity this mine depressurization water to both fish and invertebrates.
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Energy and Natural Resources
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority
Overview of the oil sands, current commercial developments, experimental work, an overview of Fort McMurray and the role of government agencies in development and management of oil sands.
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Janice Paskey
Gillian Steward
A clear majority of journalists said that there are many stories about the oil sands that go unreported and many of these unreported stories have to do with environmental issues
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Janice Paskey
Gillian Steward
A. Williams
In the last 10 to 15 years, global issues such as climate change, indigenous rights, pollution of the air and major waterways, and sustainability have become embedded in the oil sands discourse
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Stan Aronoff
G.A. Ross
W.A. Ross
Concluded that false color infrared aerial photography acquired during the period of maximum foliage development is most valuable for vegetation mapping and the detection of environmental disturbance
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Stan Aronoff
G.A. Ross
W.A. Ross
Figures and Tables associated with Volume 1
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Zhongzhi Chen
Brian Eaton
Jim Davies
Overall, the literature supports the potential for aquatic snails to act as bioindicators of toxicity associated with oil sands process-affected-water exposure.
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P. Wallis
Eric Peake
Melvin Strosher
B. Baker
S. Telang
Provide a problem analysis of the goal to determine the assimilative capacity of the Athabasca River with special regard to organics
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Archaeological reconnaissance on Syncrude Lease #17 noted that over 67% of the total stone assemblage recovered from 28 localities consists of quartzite derived from the Beaver Creek Quarry