Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Summarize water quality constituents in the AOSERP study area and to examine relationships between these constituents and changes in land formation, hydrology, and development
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Locations of Athabasca Oil Sands area water quality sampling sites; sampling, analytical and quality control methods used; volume and availability of assembled data; and an appraisal of data quality
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Authors
Mark Akena
Lynne Christian
Studies of the water quality of the Athabasca Oil Sands area streams, rivers, and lakes have been conducted by numerous organizations and government agencies since the 1950’s
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Authors
Hal Hamilton
M.V. Thompson
Linda Corkum
Report overviews major water quality patterns and trends for the Athabasca River and its major tributaries from 1970 to 1985 and compares water quality data with surface water quality objectives
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This report contains watershed boundary delineations and associated drainage areas, and channel profiles on watersheds larger than 50 km2 (20 mi2) in the AOSERP study area.
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There is uncertainty related to the long-term consequences of reconstructing landscapes on Alberta’s specified lands. Alberta has over 100,000 wellsites that have been certified under evolving...
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In some areas the accelerated weathering of material disturbed by coal mining operations releases toxic concentrations of elements present. Also, water seeping through the mine waste may become quite...
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Resource Date:
October
2017
This webinar explores the effects of roads built through peatlands with horizontal water flow, including ability to affect local hydrology and thus vegetation composition and structure.
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Derek Sidders and Tim Keddy present a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on various silvicultural and technology-based practices. This lecture highlights multiple case studies on...
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Resource Date:
March
2017
This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
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Dr. Patrick Lenz presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on multi-trait genomic selection for white spruce. There are four major conclusions from the lecture. 1) Studies from legacy...
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Authors
Susan Leech
Anne Hervieux
Lori Cyprien
For generations, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) have stewarded the lands and waters of their territories in northeastern Alberta. Boreal woodland...
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This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.
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Valentin Klaus
Sandra Dullau
Henny Grewe
This webinar was led by renowned institutions ETH Zurich and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, and features insightful discussions led by experts Valentin Klaus from ETH Zurich and Sandra Dullau...
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McKenna Davis
Mathilde Laymarie
Elsa Alfonsi
Merle Karro-Kalberg
Karin Bachmann
Anna-Liisa Unt
This webinar features insightful discussions led by experts McKenna Davis of the Ecologic Institute, Mathilde Laymarie & Elsa Alfonsi of Bordeaux Métropole, Merle Karro-Kalberg (Tartu University), and...
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Resource Date:
November
2020
Boreal Fen Vegetation Initiation on Residual Mineral Substrates Presented by Felix Nwaishi, Mount Royal University and Bin Xu, NAIT Centre for Boreal Research Energy exploration in Alberta’s oil sands...
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a threatened species federally and provincially in Alberta. Habitat restoration is critical to maintaining suitable habitat to support healthy...
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Resource Date:
April
2017
This webinar provides an overview of a resource roads and wetlands field guide completed by Ducks Unlimited Canada and FPInnovations.
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Boreal forests are regularly subjected to natural disturbances, which affect forest structure, composition, age distribution, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Forest biodiversity shows continual...
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Resource Date:
January
2017
Ducks Unlimited Canada's Best Management Practices Team (BMP) was developed in 2012 to help industry’s growing efforts to implement practices that support the responsible management of wetlands...