Project Outline General Objective: Assess the importance of atmospheric deposition as a potential contributor to ecological impacts of oil sands (OS) development. Specific Objectives: Use snowpack measurements to develop maps of winter-time atmospheric contaminant loadings for the region ~100 km from the major upgrading facilities for 2014 and 2015. Assess long-term trends in winter-time atmospheric […]
Read ArticleChanges to Existing: WBEA Enhanced Deposition - Capital and operations of enhanced deposition sites
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Read ArticleExisting: Enhanced Deposition - Installation of enhanced suite of measurements and sample analysis
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Read ArticleExisting: Ecosystem Exposure Monitoring (existing) - Passive air monitoring of polycyclic aromatic compounds
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Read ArticleExisting: WBEA Passive Monitoring
Project Outline Objectives: To monitor air quality and deposition at remote FH ecosystem sites, co-located with continuous monitoring instruments for validation of the passive measurements, in order to provide the data necessary to establish cause-effect linkage. This will aid in evaluation of regional ecological responses due to air emissions. Key Outcomes: Data for use in […]
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Read ArticleData Integration, Synthesis and Reporting (Water Program-wide)
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Read ArticleRegional Groundwater Monitoring - SAOS Continue GW Monitoring Activities
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Read ArticleDeltaic Ecosystem Health Monitoring
Project Outline General Objectives: An assessment of the status and health of deltaic wetland ecosystems in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), including the Birch River Delta (BRD) and rivers/wetlands in the Slave River Drainage (SRD); including the establishment of baseline/reference conditions. Interpretation of ecological change associated with ongoing oil-sands mining activities within the region, using hydro-climatic, […]
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