A vegetation-based Index of Biotic Integrity to assess marsh reclamation success in the Alberta oil sands, Canada

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-51

  Raab, Dustin ^a   Bayley, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Index of Biotic Integrity; Marsh; Reclamation; Tar sands; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; ALBERTA OIL SANDS; ASSESSMENT TOOL; BOREAL; CHEMICAL STRESS; COMPLIANCE MONITORING; ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MARSH; NATURAL WETLAND; OIL SANDS MINING; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STRESS; REFERENCE WETLANDS; STRESS GRADIENT; STUDY SITES; TAR SANDS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

ECOLOGY; HEALTH; LAND RECLAMATION; OIL SANDS; RATING; SAND; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

RECLAMATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLIANCE; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDEX METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND RECLAMATION; MARSH; MINING; OIL SAND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STATE ROLE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 81755184738     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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