Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Reclamation activities on the Suncor lease have resulted in the development of a variety of habitat types over the past nineteen years. Many reclamation areas assume a patchy habitat type which...
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Authors
Michelle Knaggs
Samuel Haché
Scott Nielsen
Rhiannon Pankratz
Erin Bayne
Resource Date:
December
2020
Research Highlights: The effects of fire on birds in the most northern parts of the boreal forest are understudied. We found distinct differences in bird communities with increasing fire severity in...
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Christian Dussault
Véronique Pinard
Jean-Pierre Ouellet
Réhaume Courtois
Daniel Fortin
Resource Date:
September
2012
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Mathieu Leblond
Christian Dussault
Jean-Pierre Ouellet
Resource Date:
August
2012
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation provides an overview of ATCO Electric's approach to balancing wetland conservation and development as a regulated utility.
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No measureable air pollutant effect was observed on either vascular or lichen communities at any site even though significantly high tissue pollutant concentrations were documented within 10km of GCOS
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Ruth Lake is a small, littoral, moderately eutrophic lake. Poplar Creek is a small, brownwater tributary of the Athabasca River.
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Authors
M.S. Thompson
J. Crosby-Diewold
Relationship between aquatic macrophyte growth and habitat factors found in the AOSERP study area is outlined, as are some implications of aquatic macrophyte inventory for management and revegetation
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Investigations were carried out on the Athabasca River upstream of Fort McMurray to determine the baseline quantities of organic constituents and their contribution to the organic water quality
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Peter McCart
Philip Tsui
William Grant
Roderick Green
The study consisted of three parts: 1) A general reconnaissance early in the study period including a survey of fish species, benthic invertebrates, periphyton (attached algae) and water quality
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Peter McCart
Philip Tsui
William Grant
Roderick Green
Derek Tripp
Peak discharge for the year was 22.5 m3/sec and the low 0.2 m3/sec. A total of 80 benthic macroinvertebrate taxa and 19 fish species were collected.
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Of particular interest to this study was the acquisition of quantitative data on fisheries populations as a means of determining if harvestable populations of sport fish occur in Beaver Creek
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Aneta Spyra
Anna Cieplok
Mariola Krodkiewska
Beaver-created ponds constitute an important element of small water retention in forest catchments and preserving biodiversity as breeding sites for vertebrates and invertebrates. In many areas, these...
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Nitrogen and complete fertilizer applications improved growth of white spruce on overburden sites. Fertilization did not, however, have an effect on lodgepole pine growth on tailings sand sites
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Understanding how birds respond to landscape disturbance is key to effective restoration. Two studies used non-invasive microphone arrays to determine the exact locations of singing individuals in the...
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Mounding is a common restoration technique designed to improve microsite conditions for planted seedlings in wetlands. There are a variety of strategies for constructing mounds, though, and how mounds...
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Alberta Environment and Water
The document was developed with the intention of providing leading practices that will help operators optimize the use of available reclamation materials on a site-specific basis. EPEA approvals state...
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Ontario Environment, Conservation and Parks
These Best Management Practices ( BMPs) are meant to be used by mineral exploration and development proponents who are planning or conducting early exploration, advanced exploration, mine production...
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Authors
Kirk Andries
Jim Herbers
Dan Farr
Rick Schneider
Erin Bayne
Anne McIntosh
Bonnie Drozdowski
Rob Serrouya
Scott Nielsen
Mike Kennedy
Tom Habib
Resource Date:
October
2013
This set of presentations will introduce you to the wide range of research topics currently being undertaken by the ABMI. Speakers present the state-of-the-science and discuss the implications for Alberta’s land-use managers and policy makers.
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This is a compilation of on-line accessible papers from the 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 conferences of the Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association. This list will be...