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Lake Acidification Potential in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program Study Area
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Planned increases in oil sands developments with increased outputs of oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, led to a definitive study to assess the susceptibility of nearby lakes to acidification
Large Stocks of Peatland Carbon and Nitrogen are Vulnerable to Permafrost Thaw
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Northern peatlands have accumulated large stocks of organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), but their spatial distribution and vulnerability to climate warming remain uncertain. Here, we used machine...
Long Term Prediction of Vegetation Performance on Mined Sands
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This project on the "Long Term Prediction of Vegetation Performance On Mined Sands" (V.E.6.1) was undertaken to provide management with answers on the predictive ability to maintain different kinds of...
Longitudinal Study of Personal Adjustment and Social Conditions in the Fort McMurray Area Vol I: Research Design
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Establish a research design for a longitudinal study to identify and explain the relationships between social and personal adjustment of people in the oil sands region
Longitudinal Study of Personal Adjustment and Social Conditions in the Fort McMurray Area Vol II.a: Background Papers
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Investigate the feasibility of establishing a set of ''social indicators'' for the Fort McMurray study area. In this background Paper we set out the results of our examination, and our conclusions
Longitudinal Study of Personal Adjustment and Social Conditions in the Fort McMurray Area Vol II.b: Time-use Diaries
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Time-use diary is a data collection instrument intended to furnish a detailed account of daily individual activities by type, sequence, duration and location to show how people spend their time
Maximization of Technical Training and Involvement of Area Manpower in AOSERP
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Conceptual model of employment and occupational structure, proposal for training indigenous people which would facilitate their employment in AOSERP, and a research procedure for evaluating efficacy
Mealy Mountain Caribou Monitoring Update
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September 10th, 2020 at 10:00am AST to September 10th, 2020 at 11:00am AST
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Join Sara McCarthy, the Ecosystem Management Ecologist for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Division, for a public presentation on the results of recent monitoring of the Mealy...
Mealy Mountain Tuktu Knowledge Project
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In order to better understand Inuit relationships to the Mealy Mountain (MM) herd, the long-term impacts of the hunting ban, and strategies for caribou management moving forward, this research...
Microbial Populations in the Athabasca River
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Direct epifluorescence method has been adapted for counting bacteria in the sometimes turbid water of the Athabasca River and this method has been used to quantify planktonic bacteria.
Mixing Characteristics of the Athabasca River Below Fort McMurray – Winter Conditions
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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
Monitoring of the Torngat Mountains Caribou Herd
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Project Description: Inuit of Nunavik and Nunatsiavut have long known that a small caribou population was living year-round in the Torngat Mountains. Recognizing its unique status, the Committee on...
Native Employment Patterns in Alberta’s Athabasca Oil Sands Region
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Patterns and trends in native employment and employment training; gaps and ambiguities about employment patterns and employment training programs, and research recommendations
Overview of Local Economic Development in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region Since 1961
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Study to review the economic evolution of the Athabasca Oil Sands region since 1961 including an analysis of historical growth in the local business sectors of Fort McMurray and Fort Chipewyan
Peatland Restoration Increases Water Storage and Attenuates Downstream Stormflow but Does Not Guarantee an Immediate Reversal of Long-term Ecohydrological Degradation
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Peatland restoration is experiencing a global upsurge as a tool to protect and provide various ecosystem services. As the range of peatland types being restored diversifies, do previous findings...
Performance of Grasses, Shrubs and Trees on Disturbed Soil at the AOSERP Mildred Lake Camp Experimental Area
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Objectives were to establish grass, shrub and tree species for evaluation of their response, particularly their reproduction response, to the climatic and edaphic conditions north of Fort McMurray
Performance of Vegetation on Mined Sands
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2nd year of field work and intensive laboratory and greenhouse studies contribute to a much fuller understanding of the factors related to the very successful growth of Jack Pine on sand