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.

The Potential Effects of Climate Change in the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins
The Potential Effects of Climate Change in the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins

Author: Canada. Northern River Basins Study

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Published: 1996-04

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780662243601

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Presents an overview of the preliminary findings of the Mackenzie Basin Impact Study, which set out to determine the potential impacts of climate change scenarios on the water, land, and people of the basin. Assesses the likely challenges to be confronted by residents, researchers, and resource managers in the future in response to such climate change related phenomena as longer growing seasons, increased frequency and severity of forest fires, extension of pest ranges, and altered use of land.

An Overview of Streamflows and Lake Levels for the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins
An Overview of Streamflows and Lake Levels for the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins

Author: James Choles

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 82

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Provides a summary of flow and lake level information for water bodies in the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave river basins to provide a hydrologic background for many of the other reports in the Northern River Basins Study series. It examines trends in river flows for both the main stems and significant tributaries; for lake levels, both natural and regulated conditions are examined. Ice processes are also discussed along with some of the environmental effects.

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.

Environmental Overview of the Northern River Basins
Environmental Overview of the Northern River Basins

Author: R. Bruce MacLock

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Published: 1997

Total Pages: 136

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Presents a synthesis of reports on the environmental and socio-economic characteristics of the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave river basins in northern Alberta. Includes information on basin hydrology, basin inhabitants, physiographic features (geology, soils, vegetation), climate and weather, fish and wildlife, land use (for urban development, agriculture, forestry, resource extraction, tourism, recreation, transportation, fishing, and hunting/trapping), water quality and quantity, and the jurisdictional framework for resource management in the basin area. The final chapter contains an outline of the history of the area and discussion of issues related to sustainable development in the basin 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.

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.