Impacts and prognosis of natural resource development on water and wetlands in Canada's boreal zone

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-131

  Webster, Kara L ^a   Beall, Frederick D ^a   Creed, Irena F ^b   Kreutzweiser, David P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; cumulative effects; development; hydrology; natural resources; water quality; water quantity

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; AIR POLLUTION; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; PEAT; POLLUTION; PULP; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES; WATER QUANTITIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; ELECTRIC POWER; FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; POWER GENERATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84924590337     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-2014-0063     Document Type: Review

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