Semi-aquatic furbearers as bioindicators of oil sands industrial impacts to surrounding ecosystems

Exposure to oil sands contaminants (e.g. heavy metals and PAHs) may have toxicological effects on wildlife. After 3+ years of successful collections (spanning over 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015), work will focus primarily on laboratory analyses and writing peer-reviewed publications. Localized collections of river otters, muskrat and mink might be needed to increase sample size in areas of concern. Toxicological data from heavily- and low-impacted sites in the oil sands region and at reference sites will be compared and modeled as a function of various pathophysiological metrics. Continued river otter latrine site monitoring will help in establishing population level responses.

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Date Stamp
2021-05-12T06:01:36
Metadata language

eng; CAN
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UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2016-09-20
Date (Publication)
2016-10-20
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Vector
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Phil Thomas ( Wildlife Biologist )
Canada
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Bruce Pauli ( Chief )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • furbearer, contaminants, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wildlife health

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environment

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants

Geography

  • Prairie - Alberta (AB)

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

external.theme.EC_Branch

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external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Wildlife and Landscape Science

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
Copyright
Use Constraints
Copyright
Begin Date
2012

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Ref. system Reference Systems

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EPSG / 4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • XLS ( XLS )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

furbearer, contaminants, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wildlife health
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN
Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Environment
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Wildlife and Landscape Science
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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