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Syncrude's Base Mine Lake (BML) is the first, and currently the only full-scale commercial demonstration of the end pit lake technology in the oil sands industry. An oil sands end pit lake (EPL) is an...
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Syncrude first began investigating the Water-Capped Tailings Technology (WCTT) in the early 1980’s through the establishment of a research program founded on progressive scaled-up testing of water...
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Authors
Erin Bayne
Jacqueline Dennett
Jenet Dooley
Monica Kohler
Jeff Ball
Mark Bidwell
Andrew Braid
John Chetelat
Eric Dillegeard
Dan Farr
Jason Fisher
Maureen Freemark
Ken Foster
Christine Godwin
Craig Hebert
Dave Huggard
Dianne McIssac
Tara Narwani
Scott Nielsen
Bruce Pauli
Sanjay Prasad
David Roberts
Simon Slater
Samantha Song
Stella Swanson
Phil Thomas
Judith Toms
Colin Twitchell
Shannon White
Faye Wyatt
Lukas Mundy
One of the theme areas monitored within the OSM program is terrestrial biodiversity, known programmatically as Terrestrial Biological Monitoring (TBM). Biodiversity refers to the diversity of wild...
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Objective of is to provide a comprehensive listing of reports relating to the socio-economic and environmental aspects of the development of the Athabasca oil sands; contains about 1900 references
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1982 supplement to the 1980 cumulated update of "A Bibliography of the Athabasca oil Sands, Fort McMurray, Alberta Area: Socio-Economic and Environmental Studies" contains references to about 900 item
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Authors
Sean Konkolics
Melanie Dickie
Robert Serrouya
Dave Hervieux
Stan Boutin
Resource Date:
August
2021
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Total numbers of moose observed and likely the total moose population, declined 40% (43 to 26) between Feb 1976 and Feb 1977. A disproportionately higher number of moose were present in aspen sites
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Authors
M. Hickman
S.E.D. Charlton
C.G. Jenkerson
Seasonal fluctuations in algal species and numbers were influenced by a myriad of interacting factors as were standing crop fluctuations. Numerically, cyanophycean algae dominated, followed by diatoms
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Volume I I contains all data collected for the study reported in Vol 1.
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A fisheries and water quality survey was conducted in September 1979 on 10 small lakes (67.4 to 338.9 ha) in the vicinity of Richardson Tower, approximately 140 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta
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The footprint left by infrastructure and equipment can create different challenges for establishing vegetation. The best site preparation method depends on the limiting factors present.
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Authors
Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nicholas Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
James Waddington
Resource Date:
January
2018
Northern peatlands are important global carbon stores, but there is concern that these boreal peat reserves are at risk due to increased fire frequency and severity as predicted by climate change...
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Authors
Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nick Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
Mike Waddington
Resource Date:
January
2018
This study used a combination of field measurements and modelling to assess the vulnerability of peat to smouldering in the Utikuma Region Study Area, Alberta, Canada.
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Authors
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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Authors
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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Authors
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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A co-ordinated plan is proposed for the identification of toxic emissions from oil sand developments in the AOSERP study area based on interviews with over 40 specialists in various fields
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Authors
Brian Croft
A. Lamb
R.N. Dawson
Based on meteorological and historical fog data, Fort McMurray Airport experiences 4 to 5 days with ice fog and 18 total days with fog per year covering 320 to 1580 km2
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The analysis of bear-human interactions in the AOSERP study area indicated that the major conflict arises from nuisance bears attracted to areas by garbage
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Authors
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