Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Peter C. Nichols & Associates Ltd.
Study to review the economic evolution of the Athabasca Oil Sands region since 1961 including an analysis of historical growth in the local business sectors of Fort McMurray and Fort Chipewyan
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The area does not appear to include any rare or endangered species and the habitats in the area are common to a large portion of Northern Alberta, therefore area is not critical to any wildlife specie
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Caribou Monitoring Unit
To address the issue of increased caribou predation, the ABMI’s Caribou Monitoring Unit (CMU) is currently involved in testing an experimental caribou recovery project, south of Fort McMurray. The CMU...
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Resource Date:
September
2023
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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G.R. Hillman
J.D. Johnson
S.K. Takyi
Three experimental forest drainage sites were established in Alberta’s boreal forest to determine the effects of lowered water tables on soils, local hydrology, ground vegetation composition and tree...
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The Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) was formed through the partnership of the university scientific community, the Canadian peat moss industry and federal and provincial agencies. Our common...
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B. Ayres
Mike O'Kane
Lee Barber
D. Hiller
D. Helps
The Claude waste rock pile at Cluff Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin contains ~7.2 million tonnes of waste rock, upon which an engineered enhanced store-and-release cover...
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Objectives were to establish grass, shrub and tree species for evaluation of their response, particularly their reproduction response, to the climatic and edaphic conditions north of Fort McMurray
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2nd year of field work and intensive laboratory and greenhouse studies contribute to a much fuller understanding of the factors related to the very successful growth of Jack Pine on sand
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Stephen Moran
Terry Macyk
Mark Trudell
Margot Pigot
In 1985, a one hectare pond developed in the upland reclaimed landscape at Vesta Mine in an area where extensive ponding had not previously been observed. Because of the thickness of the spoil, about...
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Physical changes evident at tributary confluences were Secchi visibility, current velocity, and flow direction. At the tributary mouths, sand and silt substrates were predominant in sheltered areas
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Vezza Mine, a former gold mine includes a three-compartment shaft with four underground levels down to a depth of 741 metres, This mine was never put in production since its construction around 1997...
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Appreciable changes in biochemical functions in an epiphytic lichen, Evernia mesomorpha, were observed in response to controlled SO2 exposures even at a very low SO2 concentration (0.1 ppm)
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Warren Kindzierski
J. Jin
Mohamed Gamal El-Din
Key determinants of people’s exposure to chemical pollutants are: time-activity (where we spend time and what we do), interaction with indoor environments, diet, and occupation
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Stephen Moran
Mark Trudell
Terry Macyk
Daphne Cheel
The first phase of the study, which was completed in 1984, included characterization and instrumentation of two study areas: the Battle River study area, which included Diplomat, Vesta and Paintearth...
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Jacques Brisson
Mariana Rodriguez
Charles Martin
Raphaël Proulx
Resource Date:
January
2020
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Ting Sun
Brian Branfireun
Abstract Plant foliage plays an essential role in accumulating mercury (Hg) from the atmosphere and transferring it to soils in terrestrial ecosystems, and many studies have focused on forested...
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This technical note provides planting and tending recommendations for sugar maple.
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Planting trees and shrubs in riparian habitats has numerous advantages, from which all waterfront property owners, cottagers, farmers, and other users will benefit. This document provides information...
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Mark Trudell
Stephen Moran
Terry Macyk
This is one of a series of reports that presents the findings of the Plains Hydrology and Reclamation Project (PHRP), an interdisciplinary study that focuses primarily on hydrologic aspects of the...