Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Lisa Kempenaar
J.K. McCarron
L.R. Marques
T. McClure
D. Rennie
Revegetation in arctic climates is a challenge for many reasons. There are two approaches to arctic revegetation: natural regeneration and active reclamation. Natural regeneration is an inexpensive...
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Al Fedkenheuer
Robert Faye
Nancy Finlayson
Sheila Luther
T.J. Patterson
Objective was to evaluate several pipeline topsoil stripping depths to determine whether they result in land capability equivalent to that of adjacent forested lands broken for cultivation
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Karen Cannon
Sandra Landsburg
Topsoil stripping of forested soils and its subsequent replacement would result in horizon characteristics similar to those of the plough depth resulting from farming practices
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B. McMahon
Peter McCart
A. Peltzner
G. Walder
Study designed to determine whether groundwater from the mine area is toxic and, if so, the concentrations at which this toxicity is expressed. Species, including fish and aquatic insects was tested
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Bolter Parish Trimble Ltd.
Ducks Unlimited (Canada)
Tom Peters and Associates
K.C. Mackenzie Associates Ltd.
Stewart Weir Stewart Watson & Heinrichs
Contains the following chapters: Environment Characteristics and Conditions; Soils; Wildlife; and Human Settlement Pattern of the Expanded Study Area
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Objectives of the Twelve Mile Coulee Soil Research Project are to evaluate the impact of pipeline construction on Solonetzic soil quality and salt movement in the Brown soil zone
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Twenty-year growth results reported for a series of trial sites in southeastern British Columbia indicated that interior spruce progeny, regardless of seed origin, grew faster (32%, on average) and...
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M.E. Keefer
N. Owens
C. Marshall
C.R. Mellott
The newly incorporated Twin Sisters Native Plant Nursery, a joint venture of the Saulteau First Nations and West Moberly First Nations, was created to meet a growing demand for native plant species...
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Terry Macyk
Zdenek Widtman
Vernon Betts
The Alberta Research Council has conducted a surface mine reclamation research program in association with the operations of Smoky River Coal Ltd. near Grande Cache, Alberta since 1972. The main...
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Antoine Karam
Louis Azzaria
Les résidus miniers utilisés dans la présente étude proviennent de douze sites d'échantillonnage couvrant l'ensemble du parc à résidus miniers East Sullivan. Ces échantillons ont été intimement...
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Dave Reid
Jim Sherstabetoff
Eleven major vegetation types were identified and are mapped at a scale of 1:20 000 on the eastern portion of Syncrude Lease 17.
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Review of provides basis for evaluating the current progress regarding vegetation descriptions in this area and for designing certain future vegetation studies.
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Everett Peterson
Allan Levinsohn
Black Spruce - Labrador Tea was the dominant vegetation type, making up 35.0% of the 9,250 ha study area. The 2nd most abundant type was Aspen - White Spruce (26.0%) and the 3rd was White Spruce – Asp
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K.A. Baldwin
Lorna Allen
S. Basquill
K. Chapman
D. Downing
N. Flynn
W. Mackenzie
M. Major
W.J. Meades
D. Meidinger
C. Morneau
J.-P. Saucier
J. Thorpe
Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective maps Canadian geography in relation to regional climate, as indicated by vegetation patterns. Compared to previous similar national-scale...
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Field data on the abundance (or percent cover) of vascular plants, bryophytes, and soil mesofauna were obtained in the summer of 2008 and 2009 from nine produced water release sites in Alberta and...
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J. Kristensen
B.S. Ott
A.D. Sekerak
Baseline information on walleye and goldeye populations with respect to the “before conditions” faced by the Athabasca Delta fisheries in view of the present and increased oil sands development
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Time spent foraging on 18 different plant species was estimated for 4 wapiti during winter (February 14-27), spring (June 12-18) and late summer (August 2O-September 2). Creeping red fescue and hard...
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Ray Chopiuk
S.E. Thornton
Several foothills/mountain coal mine waste dumps were selected for the purpose of evaluating the effects of final configuration on the amount of surface erosion occurring on those dump surfaces
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Corinne Schuster-Wallace
Robert Sandford
Stephanie Merrill
Chris DeBeer
Canada and the world are faced with unprecedented water-related challenges which impact our ability to meet many of the UN sustainable development goals. Climate warming and human actions are altering...
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Ten sites in the system were sampled regularly for physical-chemical parameters, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthic macroinvertebrates. Additional surveys were done for fish, aquatic macrophytes,