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Winter Dust Storms Impact the Physical and Biogeochemical Functioning of a...
We found that a winter of abnormally low snowfall and numerous dust storms from eolian processes acting on exposed landscapes (including a major 4-day dust storm while onsite in... -
Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Contaminates Snowpack across a Broad Region
Mountaintop removal coal mining is a source of downstream pollution. Here, we show that mountaintop removal coal mining also pollutes ecosystems downwind. We sampled regional... -
Native cover indicator for Alberta
Provides documentation on the development of the Native Cover indicator to be applied across the province of Alberta. The intent of the Native Cover indicator is to measure and... -
Genetic network analysis uncovers spatial variation in diversity and...
The conservation of genetic diversity and connectivity is essential for the long-term persistence and adaptive ability of a species. Recent calls have been made for the... -
High genetic load without purging in caribou, a diverse species at risk
Highlights • Caribou are genetically diverse and form nine lineages across North America • Levels of inbreeding vary, with some highly inbred caribou in some locations •... -
Effectiveness of population-based recovery actions for threatened southern...
Habitat loss is affecting many species, including the southern mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population in western North America. Over the last half century, this... -
Determining ice-jam stage frequency distributions of an ungauged river reach...
Ice-jam floods are a common, but dangerous natural phenomena occurring in many northern rivers. These events are even more dangerous when only limited gauged river data is... -
Estimating Lake Evaporation for the South Saskatchewan River Basin of Alberta
Evaporation from a reservoir’s surface is an important component of water balance calculations. Using long-term (1955–2020) climate data from Alberta Climate Information... -
Temporal Assessment of GCM-Driven Hydroclimatic Conditions for the Alberta...
Freshwater supplies in most western Canadian watersheds are threatened by the warming of temperatures because it alters the snow-dominated hydrologic patterns that characterize... -
Atmospheric deposition monitoring program: concentrations and trends:...
Historical data collected through the Alberta Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program were evaluated to understand the current state, long-term trends, annual and seasonal... -
Long-toed salamander occupancy trends in the Kananaskis
The Alberta Wild Species General Status Listing (GOA 2010) classifies the long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum) as Sensitive because the distribution may be declining... -
Wetland water quality in the Athabasca Oil Sands region and its relationship...
Wetlands in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta are vulnerable to direct and indirect effects of human development including land disturbance, hydrologic alteration, and addition of... -
Assessing changes in indicators of fish health measured between 1997 and...
Industrial development in Canada’s oil sands region influences the ambient environment. Some of these influences, such as the atmospheric deposition of emitted particles and... -
Reconstructing historical fish occurrence and introductions in lakes using...
The recovery of DNA preserved in the sediment of aquatic systems (sedDNA) has provided short-term and long-term data on biological groups (e.g., bacteria, phytoplankton,... -
Mammal responses to human recreation depend on landscape context
Rapid growth in outdoor recreation may have important and varied effects on terrestrial mammal communities. Few studies have investigated factors influencing variation in... -
Chemical Immobilization Effects on Cougar (Felis concolor) Movement
Capturing and handling wildlife is a common practice for both management and research. As telemetry use has become common, the need to capture and chemically immobilize wildlife... -
Lower Athabasca Region status of management response for environmental...
Provides an update on the activities undertaken by Environment and Parks as part of the management response for trigger and limit exceedances under the Lower Athabasca air... -
South Saskatchewan Region status of management response for environmental...
Provides an update on the activities undertaken by Environment and Parks as part of the management response for trigger and limit exceedances under the South Saskatchewan air... -
Lake-sediment record of PAH, mercury, and fly-ash particle deposition near...
We report a historical record of atmospheric deposition in dated sediment cores from Hasse Lake, ideally located near both currently and previously operational coal-fired power... -
Erosion of the Alberta badlands produces highly variable and elevated heavy...
Erosion is important in the transport of heavy metals from terrestrial to fluvial environments. In this study, we investigated riverine heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Hg and Pb) dynamics... -
Monitoring heavy metal concentrations in turbid rivers: Can fixed frequency...
The accurate determination of water quality criteria exceedance frequencies, distribution statistics (e.g., mean, median and percentile concentrations) and temporal trends in... -
Impacts of a large boreal wildfire on ground level atmospheric...
During May 2016 a very large boreal wildfire burned throughout the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in central Canada, and in close proximity to an extensive air quality... -
Uncovering traits in recovering grasslands: A functional assessment of oil...
Oil and gas exploration has disturbed extensive areas of grassland in North America. Reclamation of this human footprint is only a first step towards ecological recovery. A... -
Tracing nitrate sources with a combined isotope approach (δ15NNO3, δ18ONO3...
Rapid population growth and land-use intensification over the last century have resulted in a substantial increase in nutrient loads degrading marine and freshwater ecosystems... -
Satellite-derived emissions of carbon monoxide, ammonia, and nitrogen...
In May 2016, the Horse River wildfire led to the evacuation of ∼ 88 000 people from Fort McMurray and surrounding areas and consumed ∼ 590 000 ha of land in Northern Alberta and... -
Prevalence, levels and seasonal variations of human enteric viruses in six...
The prevalence and seasonal variation of 7 viruses in 6 major rivers in Alberta were assessed using a combination of qPCR, cell culture and integrated cell culture with qPCR... -
Multiple threats and stressors to the Athabasca River Basin: What do we know so far?
Over the last five decades, the Athabasca River Basin in Alberta, Canada, has been subjected to a wide range of environmental stressors from diverse human developments. This has... -
Isotopic tracing of hydrologic drivers including permafrost thaw status for...
Study region Surveys of stable isotopes of water in 50 boreal lakes were conducted during 2002–2017 as a component of Alberta’s Oil Sands acid sensitivity program in... -
Hybrid climate datasets from a climate data evaluation system and their...
A reliable climate dataset is the backbone for modelling the essential processes of the water cycle and predicting future conditions. Although a number of gridded climate... -
Environmental archives of atmospheric Hg deposition – A review
Environmental archives offer an opportunity to reconstruct temporal trends in atmospheric Hg deposition at various timescales. Lake sediment and peat have been the most widely... -
Ecotoxicity assessment of treated oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) :...
This technical report, compiled by Hatfield Consulting, describes the experimental design to determine the toxicity of OSPW treated using Syncrude's coke-slurry treatment... -
Comparison of isotopic mass balance and instrumental techniques as estimates...
Mass-balance models using stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen provide useful estimates of the water balance of lakes, particularly in the absence of instrumental data.... -
A novel approach for selecting extreme climate change scenarios for climate...
One of the main challenges in climate change impact assessment studies is selecting climate change scenarios. By focusing on selecting projected extremes in a high dimensional... -
Technical Background Report for the Global Mercury Assessment 2018 – Chapter...
The Technical Background Report to the Global Mercury Assessment 2018 was produced by an international team of experts convened through a collaboration between UN Environment... -
Summary of ISO/IEC 17025
This document provides an overview of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 17025 document entitled... -
Lower Athabasca region : status of ambient environmental condition 2013: Air...
The Government of Alberta is reporting to Albertans on the condition of air and surface water in the Lower Athabasca Region for the year 2013. Through Air Quality Management... -
2015 status of surface water quality Lower Athabasca Region
Prepared by Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) Environmental Monitoring and Science Division, this report presents monthly water quality results from the Old Fort monitoring... -
Modelling Interactions between Land Use, Climate, and Hydrology along with...
This paper describes the main functionalities of an integrated framework to model the interactions between land use, climate, and hydrology along with stakeholders’ negotiation.... -
Quantifying seasonal succession of phytoplankton trait‐environment...
Integration of species traits in direct gradient analysis generates insights into how communities are assembled and may respond to environmental changes. We investigated... -
2018 status of air quality, Lower Athabasca Region, Alberta
In this report, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide concentrations measured at continuous air monitoring stations in the Lower Athabasca Region are assessed against the ambient... -
2018 status of air quality, South Saskatchewan Region, Alberta
In this report, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and fine particulate matter concentrations measured at continuous air monitoring stations in the South Saskatchewan Region are assessed... -
2019 status of air quality, South Saskatchewan Region, Alberta
In this report, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and fine particulate matter concentrations measured at continuous air monitoring stations in the South Saskatchewan Region are assessed... -
2019 status of air quality, Lower Athabasca Region, Alberta
In this report, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide concentrations measured at continuous air monitoring stations in the Lower Athabasca Region are assessed against the ambient... -
Using steady-state mass balance model to determine critical loads of acidity...
Benchmarks for atmospheric deposition of acidifying substances for terrestrial ecosystems in Alberta were developed using the steady-state mass balance (SSMB) model. The SSMB... -
Standard Operating Procedure for Measurement of SO2 by Ultraviolet...
This document is a standard operating procedure for measuring Sulphur Dioxide concentration in ambient air environment. The use of the ultraviolet fluorescence SO2 analyzers... -
Isotopic Analyses Fingerprint Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic...
Fugitive dust associated with surface mining activities is one of the principal vectors for transport of airborne contaminants in Canada’s Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR).... -
Assessing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Neural...
To evaluate the health effects of wildfire smoke, it is crucial to identify reliable models, at fine spatiotemporal resolution, of exposure to wildfire-generated PM2.5. To this... -
Study of Fuel-Smoke Dynamics in a Prescribed Fire of Boreal Black Spruce...
Understanding the combustion dynamics of fuels, and the generation and propagation of smoke in a wildland fire, can inform short-range and long-range pollutant transport models,... -
Standard Operating Procedure for Measurement of Particulate matter by...
This is the standard operating procedure for measuring ambient particulate matter. It provides guidance for the operation, calibration and maintenance of the Thermo Scientific... -
Alberta’s River Water Quality Monitoring Programs
Alberta Environment and Parks is dedicated to ensuring healthy, secure and sustainable water supplies for Alberta's communities, environment and economy. Two core river water...