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Oil sands restoration with warm-adapted trees improves outcomes under...
Successful restoration of human-disturbed landscapes and ecosystems will be increasingly compromised by the impacts of climate warming. Assisted migration and climate-informed... -
The Challenge of Spatialising Point-Source Water Quality Monitoring Data for...
Open-pit and subsurface extraction of oil sands in Alberta, Canada, continue to expand and pose a risk of contamination to the aquatic ecosystems of the region. These operations... -
Distinguishing between research and monitoring programs in environmental...
The terms “research” and “monitoring” are commonly used interchangeably to describe the data-gathering, information-generating, and knowledge-translating activities in... -
A Review of Control Charts and Exploring Their Utility for Regional...
Industrial control charts are used in manufacturing to quickly and robustly indicate the status of production and to prompt any necessary corrective actions. The library of... -
A Robust Regime Shift Change Detection Algorithm for Water-Flow Dynamics
Stream and river monitoring have an influential role in agriculture, the fishing industry, land surveillance, the oil and gas industry, etc. Recognizing sudden changes in the... -
Least-Squares Triple Cross-Wavelet and Multivariate Regression Analyses of...
River flow monitoring is a critical task for land management, agriculture, fishery, industry, and other concerns. Herein, a robust least squares triple cross-wavelet analysis is... -
Status of air quality in Alberta : air zones report
These reports summarize the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards status for Alberta’s air zones for ambient concentrations of fine particulate matter, ground-level ozone,... -
State of current knowledge on fertility control methods for feral horses
Describes the various methods available to implement fertility control methods in feral horse populations. This information sheet is one of five current-knowledge documents... -
State of current knowledge on the relationship of feral horses and...
Describes how feral horse behaviour, population dynamics and distribution patterns differ from native ungulates in Alberta. This information sheet is one of five current-... -
State of current knowledge on survey methods to monitor Alberta’s feral...
Describes the advantages and disadvantages of minimum count surveys and distance sampling as the two methods used to determine feral horse populations in Alberta. This... -
State of current knowledge on feral horse impacts on rangeland ecosystems
Looks at the impacts of feral horse populations on rangeland ecosystems and how this compares to other large herbivores on the landscape. This information sheet is one of five... -
State of current knowledge on feral horse population dynamics and Alberta...
Provides an overview of the origin of horses in Alberta, factors affecting feral horse population dynamics and a summary of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas' minimum... -
FROSTBYTE: a reproducible data-driven workflow for probabilistic seasonal...
Seasonal streamflow forecasts provide key information for decision-making in fields such as water supply management, hydropower generation, and irrigation scheduling. The... -
GROUNDWATER CONDITION AND VULNERABILITY IN THE ATHABASCA AND COLD LAKE OIL...
Oil sands development in the Athabasca and Cold Lake oil sands regions of Alberta has raised concerns about potential impacts to groundwater and groundwater dependent... -
Migration leads to nursery herd formation: evidence from a wild wood bison...
Migration is an evolutionarily stable adaptation when movement costs are outweighed by fitness gains. Migration is defined as the predictable movement between seasonal ranges in... -
A geospatial approach to identifying and mapping areas of relative...
The influence of increasing anthropogenic pressure on ecosystem integrity, such as land use change, is resulting in many ecosystems experiencing a decline in their ability to... -
qPCR-based eDNA workflow for humic-rich lake sediments: Combined use of...
Lake sediment serves as a natural archive of historical biological information. The use of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA), a form of environmental DNA (eDNA) shed by aquatic organisms... -
Dissolved polycyclic aromatic compounds in Canada’s Athabasca River in...
The Canada-Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring (OSM) Program began long-term surface water quality monitoring on the lower Athabasca River in 2012. Sampling of low level, bio-... -
Examining Drivers of Post-Fire Seismic Line Ecotone Regeneration in a Boreal...
Seismic lines are the dominant anthropogenic disturbance in the boreal forest of the Canadian province of Alberta, fragmenting over 1900 km2 of peatland areas and accounting for... -
A resilience framework for physical hydrology
Hydrological systems across the globe are increasingly subjected to pressures from a warming climate and anthropogenic disturbance. Responses to stress can be nonlinear and...