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Reclaiming industrial sites in Alberta's boreal forest is not always a straightforward process. The footprints left by infrastructure and equipment are often characterized by compacted mineral soils...
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Soil compaction frequently results from industrial disturbance on mineral soils, whether due to infrastructure or equipment traffic. Soil compaction tends to be most severe on sites with high clay...
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Soil salvage is a pre-disturbance technique to conserve a site's topsoil, which is critical for maintaining nutrient cycling, organic matter, soil biota and plant propagules. In some cases, subsoil...
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Philip Tsui
B.R. McMahon
Peter McCart
J.V. McCart
Mine depressurization groundwater was acutely toxic to the three species of invertebrates tested. The 90 d LC50 was 8.5 to 9% for rainbow trout, 13.2% for lake chub, and 5.8% for white suckers.
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M. Hickman
S.E.D. Charlton
C.G. Jenkerson
Diatoms and blue-green algae dominated numericallyin five tributary rivers flowing into the Athabasca River except in the Hangingstone River where chlorophycean species replaced the latter group
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Tanya Richens
Steve Tuttle
CEMA, a multi-stakeholder organisation advising the provincial and federal governments, is committed to respectful, inclusive dialogue to make recommendations for cumulative effects management
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Peter Nix
Jill Costerton
R. Ventullo
R.T. Coutts
A literature review and evaluation of methods used to determine rates of bacterial uptake (heterotrophic assimilation) of organic substrates in fresh water systems was undertaken
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Peter McCart
D.W. Mayhood
An aquatic biomonitoring program must be implemented to ensure that measures taken to protect the water systems are working, so that improvements may be made if need be.
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Seismic lines are an essential operation in the exploration for natural resources, providing more efficient and safe travel through a variety of topography with predictable costs associated. However...
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Don Scott
G. Zinter
D.R. Pauls
Maurice Dusseault
Differential subsidence of reclaimed surfaces has been demonstrated to create water—holding depressions that disrupt farming operations and to cause pavement distress in roads crossing reclaimed areas
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R.L. & L. Environmental Services Ltd.
A.A. Aquatic Research Ltd.
Characterize and re-define aquatic habitats. Aquatic habitat, water quality, flora, and fauna of the aquatic systems in the development area are typical of those found in the oil sands region
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Philip Tsui
Derek Tripp
William Grant
describe existing environmental conditions in, and to document natural biological colonization of, the West Interceptor Ditch and determine the degree of biological colonization of lower Beaver Creek
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In 1980, the tailings pond was a highly stratified waterbody with a low density, well mixed surface zone (0-6 m) overlying a high density deep water zone (>10 m) where mixing is slow
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Daphne Cheel
Stephen Moran
Mark Trudell
Don Thacker
Terry Macyk
Report synthesizes and summarizes 36 RRTAC reports to provide the user with a unified source of information on land and groundwater reclamation research in the plains of Alberta
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Andrew Lutz
Marilyn Hendzel
Analyses are given for up to 12 metals and 4 pesticides with PCBs, of aquatic environment from 15 sites along or near the Athabasca River from Fort McMurray north to the confluence of the Peace River
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Data on regional water quality, hydrology, physical and chemical limnology, and fisheries resources of the lakes and streams within the AOSERP area. Extensive bibliography of the pertinent literature
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Natasa Popovic
Richard Petrone
Adam Green
Myroslava Khomik
Jonathan Price
AOSR pre-disturbance landscape consists of a mosaic of upland-peatland complexes, dominated by fens, which have become the focus of recent mandatory reclamation efforts. Quantifiable metrics for...
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Jeffrey Green
Timothy Egmond
Caroline Wylie
Ian Jones
Len Knapik
Lawrence Paterson
Important considerations in reclamation planning and methods for reclamation are described for: agriculture, forestry, wildlife habitat, fish habitat, recreation, and residential/industrial use
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Guide to answer: • Why has there been a shift in how we manage woody materials? • How can woody materials be managed effectively on sites? • What do effective woody material applications look like?
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Colonization of limestone bricks and bitumen coated limestone bricks by benthic river organisms was followed over time.