Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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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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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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Jack Mercer
Robert Charlton
Imagery from both meteorological and environmental satellite sensor systems was analyzed to determine its applicability in monitoring weather conditions at the Alberta oil sands.
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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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Anna Laine
Päivi Mäkiranta
Raija Laiho
Lauri Mehtätalo
Timo Penttilä
Aino Korrensalo
Kari Minkkinen
Hannu Fritze
Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila
Resource Date:
March
2019
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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,
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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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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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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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This report summarizes the results of a three-year research project to evaluate the effects of forest resource roads and construction techniques on wetland hydrology in Manitoba's boreal forest.
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Stephanie Connor
Justin Hanisch
Danielle Cobbaert
Wetlands in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta are vulnerable to direct and indirect effects of human development including land disturbance, hydrologic alteration, and addition of contaminants. Nineteen...
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Christopher Evans
Vincent Gauci
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and restoration of wetlands play a key role. This report outlines the contribution of wetlands to global methane output; differences between...
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Olena Volik
Matthew Elmes
Richard Petrone
Eric Kessel
Adam Green
Danielle Cobbaert
Jonathan Price
Resource Date:
February
2020
Oil sands development within the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) has accelerated in recent decades, causing alteration to natural ecosystems including wetlands that perform many vital ecosystem...
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Authors
Melanie Dickie
Caroline Bampfylde
Michael Cody
Kendal Benesh
Mandy Kellner
Michelle McLellan
Stan Boutin
Robert Serrouya
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Dave Hervieux
Mark Hebblewhite
Nicholas DeCesare
K. Smith
S. Robertson
Stan Boutin
Resource Date:
October
2013
Nowhere across Canada is the continued persistence of woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)) more uncertain than in Alberta due to widespread industrial development. A recent...
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Sophie Wilkinson
Raymond Andersen
Paul Moore
Scott Davidson
Gustaf Granath
Mike Waddington
Resource Date:
April
2023
The northern peatland carbon sink plays a vital role in climate regulation; however, the future of the carbon sink is uncertain, in part, due to the changing interactions of peatlands and wildfire...
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Carolyn Gibson
Laura Chasmer
Dan Thompson
William Quinton
Mike Flannigan
David Olefeldt
Resource Date:
August
2018
Permafrost vulnerability to climate change may be underestimated unless effects of wildfire are considered. Here we assess impacts of wildfire on soil thermal regime and rate of thermokarst bog...