ReFerences
Information SOurces:
About the Athabasca River Basin (athabascau.ca), http://arbri.athabascau.ca/About-the-Athabasca-River-basin/Index.php
Cooke, C. A., Droppo, I. G., di Cenzo, P., Glozier, N. E., Chambers, P. A., Conly, M., and Gupta, A. 2018. Rationalizing and optimizing the water quality monitoring network in the oil sands. Oil Sands Monitoring Program Technical Report Series No. 2. 21 p. ISBN: 978-1-4601-4019-2.
Kelly, E. N., Short, J. W., Schindler, D. W., Hodson, P. V., Ma, M., Kwan, A. K., & Fortin, B. L. (2009). Oil sands development contributes polycyclic aromatic compounds to the Athabasca River and its tributaries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(52), 22346–22351. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912050106
Klemt, W. H., Brua, R. B., Culp, J. M., Hicks, K., Wolfe, B. B., & Hall, R. I. (2021). Evaluating Lower Athabasca River Sediment Metal Concentrations from Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring Programs Using Predevelopment Baselines. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(13), 8817–8828. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01761
Mundy, L. J., Bilodeau, J. C., Schock, D. M., Thomas, P. J., Blais, J. M., & Pauli, B. D. (2019). Using wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles and semipermeable membrane devices to monitor polycyclic aromatic compounds in boreal wetlands in the oil sands region of northern Alberta, Canada. Chemosphere, 214, 148–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.034
Data provided by Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Alberta Climate Information Service (ACIS) https://acis.alberta.ca February 2022.
Cooke, C. A., Droppo, I. G., di Cenzo, P., Glozier, N. E., Chambers, P. A., Conly, M., and Gupta, A. 2018. Rationalizing and optimizing the water quality monitoring network in the oil sands. Oil Sands Monitoring Program Technical Report Series No. 2. 21 p. ISBN: 978-1-4601-4019-2.
Kelly, E. N., Short, J. W., Schindler, D. W., Hodson, P. V., Ma, M., Kwan, A. K., & Fortin, B. L. (2009). Oil sands development contributes polycyclic aromatic compounds to the Athabasca River and its tributaries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(52), 22346–22351. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912050106
Klemt, W. H., Brua, R. B., Culp, J. M., Hicks, K., Wolfe, B. B., & Hall, R. I. (2021). Evaluating Lower Athabasca River Sediment Metal Concentrations from Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring Programs Using Predevelopment Baselines. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(13), 8817–8828. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01761
Mundy, L. J., Bilodeau, J. C., Schock, D. M., Thomas, P. J., Blais, J. M., & Pauli, B. D. (2019). Using wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles and semipermeable membrane devices to monitor polycyclic aromatic compounds in boreal wetlands in the oil sands region of northern Alberta, Canada. Chemosphere, 214, 148–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.034
Data provided by Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Alberta Climate Information Service (ACIS) https://acis.alberta.ca February 2022.
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Henner, Pascale & Schiavon, Michel & Morel, Jean-Louis & Lichtfouse, Eric. (1997). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Occurrence and Remediation Methods. Analusis. 25.
Header Image: Eamon Macmahon / The Associated Press - Image sourced from Les Whittington. 2014. Energy Wars: First Nations group says process to expand oilsands 'like an environmental horror story’. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/06/02/energy_wars_first_nations_group_says_process_to_expand_oilsands_like_an_environmental_horror_story.html
Header Image: Eamon Macmahon / The Associated Press - Image sourced from Les Whittington. 2014. Energy Wars: First Nations group says process to expand oilsands 'like an environmental horror story’. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/06/02/energy_wars_first_nations_group_says_process_to_expand_oilsands_like_an_environmental_horror_story.html