Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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348 benthic macroinvertebrate samples collected at 16 sites along 85 km of the Athabasca River between Fort McMurray and the Ells River. total of 27229 specimens belonging to 68 taxonomic groups
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Authors
Andrew Crosby
Lionel Leston
Erin Bayne
Péter Sólymos
Lisa Mahon
Judith Toms
Teegan Docherty
Samantha Song
We estimated cumulative effects of energy sector development on distributions of sixteen migratory songbird species at multiple spatial scales within the boreal region of Alberta, Canada, and...
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Authors
Cari Ficken
Stephanie Connor
Rebecca Rooney
Danielle Cobbaert
Resource Date:
August
2021
Boreal peatlands provide numerous ecosystem services ranging from carbon sequestration to the provisioning of habitat for species integral to Indigenous communities. In the Oil Sands Region of Alberta...
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The trial was established on blended materials consisting of native sand, clayey overburden and peat. Nine native grasses and eight cultivated grass varieties were seeded in June of 1981.
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Pilot study to assess the use of early successional stands (i.e. those ranging in age from 4 to 17 years) by wildlife (songbirds, small mammals, and ungulates), using a wildlife monitoring protocol
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Roger DeAbreu
Shane Patterson
Todd Shipman
Chris Powter
NRCan pilot science projects have proven that Earth Observation can provide relevant and valuable information to inform and enhance monitoring and support regulatory frameworks
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There was only very limited evidence of biological responses to increased pollutant content in spite of significantly higher pollutant levels in tissues close to existing industrial developments.
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Authors
M.D. Thompson
M.C. Wride
M.E. Kirby
Classification system devised for mapping vegetation and surficial geology from 1:60,000 scale false colour infrared photographs; 1:50 000 base maps plus a vegetation and a surficial geology overlay
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Ground surveys of vegetation and surficial geology generally confirmed that the classification systems used in the mapping accurately described and defined the ecological habitat features
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Describe basic ecology of aquatic benthic macrofauna of the Athabasca River and its major tributaries, the Muskeg and Steepbank rivers
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In 1983 the Alberta Environmental Centre (AEC) at Vegreville began a program to develop licensed, commercially available seed varieties suitable for use in the reclamation of rangeland and man-made...
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Authors
Robert Danielson
Suzanne Visser
The overall objectives of these studies were to characterize the mycorrhizal status of jack pine and green alder which are prime candidates as reclamation species for oil sand tailings
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Authors
Xuehui Sun
Wenqing Zhang
Robert Vassov
Ira Sherr
Ning Du
Janusz Zwiazek
The land disturbed by open-pit oil sands mining must be restored to support the survival and growth of native boreal plants. Because tailings sand and sodic shale overburden are commonly used as an...
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Ashlee Dawn Mombourquette
Wetlands comprise 65% of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) surface mineable area and thus support diverse flora (approximately 400 species in Alberta). Due to increased anthropogenic land...
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Authors
Jackie Weir
Shane Mahoney
Brian McLaren
Steven Ferguson
Resource Date:
March
2007
Knowledge of the effect of mining developments on caribou Rangifer tarandus is fragmentary. We examined the impact of the Hope Brook gold mine, southwestern Newfoundland, on the La Poile woodland...
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Authors
Angelo Filicetti
Scott Nielsen
Energy exploration has led to fragmentation of habitats worldwide. In boreal forests of Alberta, Canada narrow clear-cut linear disturbances (3–14 m wide) called seismic lines are often the largest...
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Document presents the scientific and engineering expertise to guide all reclamation activities associated with end pit lake design and construction
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Authors
C.W. Greer
N. Onwuchekwa
Janusz Zwiazek
A. Quoreshi
S. Roy
Francis Salifu
Damase Khasa
Preliminary results, after two growth seasons, show promise in the use of pre-inoculated seedlings in enhancing growth and establishment of alders and conifers on oil sands reclamation sites.
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Used Aboriginal traditional knowledge and science to identify several seasonal range attributes that were examined for changes from 1996 through 2013 (decreasing population abundance of the Bathurst...
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Authors
Olena Volik
Richard Petrone
Meaghan Quanz
Merrin Macrae
Rebecca Rooney
Jonathan Price
Resource Date:
December
2019
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