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Organic constituents of wastewaters from the existing Athabasca oil sands extraction plant were characterized and quantified. Twenty-one chemical parameters were determined on a total of ten samples
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Reviews what is currently known of fish ecology and production of the Athabasca Basin, and includes discussions of fish production, sport and commercial use of fish populations
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Flood frequency prediction for Syncrude Lease 17 is necessary for both mining activities and environmental protection. Flood frequency curves can be derived from one year’s local data
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The impact of saline waters upon freshwater biota, having special reference to the AOSERP study area, is reviewed. Toxicity summaries for individual ions are presented.
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Peter Nix
D.W.S. Westlake
R.T. Coutts
F.M. Pasutto
Incubation of samples taken along a transect of the river just downstream from the oil sands plants showed higher rates of microbial degradation on the west bank where effluents and drainage would be
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P.D. Anderson
P. Spear
S. D'Apollinia
S. Perry
J. Deluca
J. Dick
Goal of the project was the establishment of criteria safeguarding fish from toxic effects of mixtures of vanadium, nickel, and phenol to fish; all are associated with oil sands developments
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Mandates: 1. Creating oil sands environmental management knowledge, 2. Sharing oil sands environmental management information, and 3. Networking to link researchers with funders and other researchers
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Resource Date:
August
2020
This document is part of the 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada. The...
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Authors
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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Authors
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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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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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.