Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology, Oil Sands Region
The health of individual amphibians, amphibian populations, and their wetland habitats are monitored in the oil sands region and at reference locations. Contaminants assessments are done at all sites. Amphibians developing near oil sands activities may be exposed to concentrations of oil sands-related contaminants, through air emissions as well as water contamination. The focus of field investigations is to evaluate the health of wild amphibian populations at varying distances from oil sands operations. Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) populations are being studied in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories in order to examine the relationship of proximity to oil sands activities and to prevalence of infectious diseases, malformation rates, endocrine and stress responses, genotoxicity, and concentrations of heavy metals, naphthenic acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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Metadata Record Information
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- 2022-05-20T15:11:45
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eng; CAN
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http://ec.gc.ca
Data identification
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-10-02
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-10-24
- Status
- On going
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eng; CAN
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Health
- Environment
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- As needed
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- Vector
(613) 998-0458
613-998-0458
Keywords
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oil sands, monitoring, biodiversity, contaminants, amphibians
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Observation/Measurement
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Oil sands
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Game (Wildlife)
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants
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Geography
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Prairie - Alberta (AB)
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Business Functions
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Protect Species Well-Being
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Assess Status of Species
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Science and Technology Branch
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Wildlife and Landscape Science
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external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
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1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches
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Unclassified
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )
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- License
- Use Constraints
- License
- Begin Date
- 2012-01-01
Extent
Ref. system Reference Systems
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- EPSG / 4326 /
Distribution
http://ec.gc.ca