A Compilation of Archived Writings about Environmental Change in the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins
A Compilation of Archived Writings about Environmental Change in the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins

Author: Jean Crozier

Publisher: The Study

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 66

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Describes a project designed to obtain and record existing ecological knowledge of northern Alberta river basins as recorded in archival documents. The documents researched and recorded in a database for this project included journals of fur traders, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, settlers, and travellers; archived government records such as those from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs; and information from the Hudson Bay Company archives. The database consists of 233 records which may be searched for specific ecological information ranging from river flooding to fish harvest, fur trade and weather records, geological and environmental descriptions, and illness and death of both humans and animals.

Northern River Basins Study
Northern River Basins Study

Author: Northern River Basins Study (Canada)

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 292

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Report to the federal ministers of Environment and Indian & Northern Affairs, Alberta's Minister of Environmental Protection, and NWT's Minister of Renewable Resources. Summarises the main scientific findings of the Northern River Basins Study, which was established to examine the relationship between industrial, municipal, agricultural, and other development and the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave River basins. Reviews the characteristics of the northern river basins and their peoples, the organisation of the Study, and major findings in the areas of environmental overview, use of aquatic resources, traditional knowledge, flow regulation, fish distribution and habitat, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, contaminants, drinking water, ecosystem health, modelling, human health, and cumulative effects. Recommendations by the Study Board, First Nations, and scientific advisors regarding such issues as basin management, monitoring, research, public participation, and a successor organisation are then presented. Also includes a summary of opinions, suggestions, and recommendations expressed at 17 community workshops held throughout the northern river basins area.

Fish Collections, Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins, September to December, 1994
Fish Collections, Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins, September to December, 1994

Author: Toni-Lynne Jacobson

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 234

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Presents a study that collected and prepared fish from 23 sites along the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave river drainages in order to conduct physical, physiological, contaminant, and biophysical analyses. The primary fish species targeted for collection and analysis was burbot, used as a sentinel species for monitoring contaminants in northern waters because of its wide distribution, ease of catching, place at the top of the aquatic food chain, and large liver which can bioaccumulate organic compounds. Other species collected were northern pike, longnose sucker, and flathead chub. Specific analyses included gross pathology, metals, liver mixed function oxygenase induction, sex steroids and gonad morphology, retinols, metallothioneins, and basic life history information. Fish were also examined externally and internally for gross pathological abnormalities and deformities. Appendices contain descriptions of fish collection and handling protocols, as well as detailed data.

The Climate of the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins
The Climate of the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins

Author: E. Hudson

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 122

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Begins by showing where the northern river basin area of Alberta fits into various climate classifications, then presents current climate data for the northern basins in the form of tables, graphs, and figures. Some of the weather regimes that lead to given temperature and precipitation events across the basins are discussed. This is followed by description of specific meteorological phenomena such as winter weather, snow, permafrost, freezing rain, historical meteorological events such as floods, extreme temperatures, and storms, and an examination of aspects of climate with respect to climate-based activities such as agriculture. Appendices include maps of meteorological stations, temperatures, and precipitation.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report

Author: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-11-07

Total Pages: 1053

ISBN-13: 0521865093

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The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social, and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was prepared by an international team of over 300 scientists, experts, and knowledgeable members of indigenous communities. The report has been thoroughly researched, is fully referenced, and provides the first comprehensive evaluation of arctic climate change, changes in ultraviolet radiation and their impacts for the region and for the world. It is illustrated in full color throughout. The results provided the scientific foundations for the ACIA synthesis report - Impacts of a Warming Arctic - published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.

An Annotated Bibliography of Nutrient Loading on the Peace, Athabasca and Slave Rivers
An Annotated Bibliography of Nutrient Loading on the Peace, Athabasca and Slave Rivers

Author: Sentar Consultants

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 174

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This bibliography contains references to government and industry reports, journal articles, databases and other sources of information on instream nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) concentrations and loading, nutrient sources, and the effects of nutrient loading on the benthic communities and sediment oxygen demand within the three northern rivers of the study: the Athabasca, Peace and Slave rivers. A few references from outside the study area have been included because of the relevance of their findings. Each reference consists of the author, date, title, journal/book, publisher, annotation and key words. This bibliography contains 134 references in total.