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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
As of 2015, 29.2% of Alberta is under human footprint, up from 25.7% in 1999—that’s an average increase of about 0.22%, or around 1450 km2 (560 sections) per year.
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Aaron Sekerak
Gordon Walder
Maps showing fish collection locations, photos and details of the physical characteristics of nine streams within five watersheds (Firebag, Muskeg, Steepbank, MacKay, and Ells) in AOSERP study area
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During 1978, a number of aquatic projects were funded by AOSERP using a habitat inventory and mapping approach.
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H. Yau
K.L. Murphy
P.L. Timpany
Once the composite model is calibrated and tested, it would predict mass loading or concentration of a parameter at any point along the study area for different future development scenarios
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Gordon Macdonald
Alfred Rademacher
Changes in effluent loadings at the two pulp mills and an increase in river flows in the lower Athabasca Basin accounted for some noticeable improvements in water quality from that reported in 1990
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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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Roger DeAbreu
Shane Patterson
Todd Shipman
Chris Powter
NRCan pilot science projects have proven that Earth Observation can provide relevant and valuable information to inform and enhance monitoring and support regulatory frameworks
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The Emend for Schools: 360° Video EMEND Tour Teachers Resource is a full lesson plan and 360 immersive and interactive video teaching tool, including a teacher lesson plan and student workbook aligned...
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Jeff Wilson
Scott Heckbert
Craig Aumann
Marius Cutlac
William Donahue
Mike Kennedy
Yongbo Liu
Daiyuan Pan
Wanhong Yang
The model documentation summarizes the data, variables and assumptions required to capture how water purification services are provided across landscapes in Alberta
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Ranjeet Nagare
Young-Jin Park
Rob Wirtz
Dallas Heisler
Glen Miller
The upland and wetlands substrate in reclaimed oil sands landforms will be constructed of post-mining materials with an objective of replicating the landscape and hydrology of the surrounding boreal...
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Comprehensive assessment of mixing characteristics of the Athabasca River below Fort McMurray under ice-covered flow conditions. Two tracer tests conducted and analysed using recent theoretical models
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Potential for using satellite imagery to determine water quality parameters in the southwest end of Lake Athabasca and provide a mathematical model capable of simulating the circulation patterns
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A. Brown
M.J. Kent
J.O. Park
R.D. Roberts
3 aspects of aquatic habitat assessment and mapping. 1 - review of the parameters which characterize aquatic habitats. 2 - efficient procedure for collecting the data. 3 - computer mapping techniques
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Modelling results for the regional watersheds were encouraging and demonstrate that SWATBF has the potential to be utilized as a practical tool for conducting hydrologic assessments in the oil sands
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Alberta Environmental Protection, Technical Services and Monitoring Division
Study was undertaken in response to concerns raised by the City of Fort McMurray over the validity of the elevation established in previous studies as representing the 1 in 100 year design flood level
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P. Wallis
Eric Peake
Melvin Strosher
B. Baker
S. Telang
Provide a problem analysis of the goal to determine the assimilative capacity of the Athabasca River with special regard to organics