Radionuclide Levels in Fish from Lake Athabasca

Radionuclide Levels in Fish from Lake Athabasca

Author: Gene Leslie Smithson

Publisher: Edmonton, Alta. : The Study

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 70

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Report of a study, 1993, in which fish from two traditional winter harvest sites, Hook Point and Bustard Island (west end of Lake Athabasca) were collected and examined for possible contamination from uranium mine-mill operations around the lake.


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.


Cumulative Impacts Within the Northern River Basins

Cumulative Impacts Within the Northern River Basins

Author: Frederick J. Wrona

Publisher: Canadian Government Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 116

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The NTBS was designed to address the ecological concerns about pulp mill expansion, and to increase scientific knowledge about environmental conditions [ecology, ecosystem sustainability, water pollution and control, habitat, effect on fish and fishing, etc.] in the major river systems of the north. The study's objectives were to gather and interpret sound scientific information about the basins, develop appropriate recommendations for basin management, and communicate effectively with the public. The government response report confirms the governments' commitment to ecosystem sustainability and to pollution control in northern rivers. First Nations and Metis aboriginal [native] peoples contributed significantly to the NRBS.


Microlog, Canadian Research Index

Microlog, Canadian Research Index

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 1292

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An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.


Long-term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes

Long-term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes

Author: Reinhard Pienitz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-11-08

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 1402021267

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Concerns about the effects of global climate change have focused attention on the vulnerability of circumpolar regions. This book offers a synthesis of the spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes.


Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores

Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores

Author: Ian W. Croudace

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 9401798494

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This volume presents papers on the use of micro-XRF core scanners in palaeoenvironmental research. It contains a broad ranging view of instrument capability and points to future developments that will help contribute to higher precision elemental data and faster core analysis. Readers will find a diverse range of research by leading experts that have used micro-XRF core scanners in a wide range of scientific applications. The book includes specific application papers reporting on the use of XRF core scanners in a variety of marine, lacustrine, and pollution studies. In addition, coverage also examines practical aspects of core scanner usage, data optimisation and data calibration and interpretation. In a little over a decade, micro-XRF sediment core scanners have made a substantive contribution to palaeoenvironmental research. Their impact is based on their ability to rapidly, non-destructively and automatically scan sediment cores. Not only do they rapidly provide important proxy data without damaging samples, but they can obtain environmental data at decadal, annual and even sub-annual scales. This volume will help both experienced and new users of these non-destructive core scanners take full advantage of one of the most powerful geochemical screening tools in the environmental scientist's toolbox.


River Ice Jams

River Ice Jams

Author: S. Beltaos

Publisher: Water Resources Publication

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780918334879

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Isotope Hydrology and Integrated Water Resources Management

Isotope Hydrology and Integrated Water Resources Management

Author: Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13:

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Contains 174 extended abstracts of papers presented during 11 technical sessions of the 11th symposium in the series that was convened during 19-23 May 2003 in Vienna. Nearly 275 participants from 69 countries participated in the symposium to discuss the past, present and future of isotope applications in hydrology and climate research.