Northern rivers ecosystem initiative: Context and prevailing legacy

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 71-85

  Gummer, William D ^a   Conly, F Malcolm ^a   Wrona, Frederick J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca river; Climate change; Contaminants; Cumulative effects; Dissolved oxygen; Ecosystem; Flow regulation; Nutrients; Peace River; Peace Athabasca Delta; Slave River; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ATHABASCA RIVER; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW-REGULATION; NUTRIENTS; PEACE RIVER; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA; RIVERS ECOSYSTEM; SLAVE RIVER; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RIVER FLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TERRITORIALITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; METIS;

EID: 33645465682     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9097-1     Document Type: Article

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