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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Date ( RI_366 )
2012-10-02
Date ( RI_367 )
2014-10-24
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Bruce Pauli ( Chief Ecosystem Health Research )
1125 Colonel By Drive , Ottawa , ON , K1A 0H3 , Canada
(613) 998-6690
(613) 998-0458
RI_419
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Lukas Mundy ( Ecosystem Health Research )
1125 Colonel By Drive , Ottawa , ON , K1A 0H3 , Canada
613-998-0027
613-998-0458
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • oil sands, monitoring, biodiversity, contaminants, amphibians
theme.EC_Information_Category.rdf theme.EC_Information_Category.rdf ( RI_528 )
  • Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants
theme.EC_Content_Scope.rdf theme.EC_Content_Scope.rdf ( RI_528 )
  • Observation/Measurement
theme.EC_Waf.rdf theme.EC_Waf.rdf ( RI_528 )
  • Assess Status of Species
  • Protect Species Well-Being
local.place.EC_Geographic_Scope local.place.EC_Geographic_Scope ( RI_525 )
  • Prairie - Alberta (AB)
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Oil sands
  • Game (Wildlife)
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Health
  • Environment
Begin date
2012-01-01
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Supplemental Information
We would like to acknowledge the efforts of Dr. Danna Schock (Keyano College, Fort McMurray, AB) and the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association, Syncrude, Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Parks, the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Deninu K’ue First Nation, the K’atlodeeche First Nation, the Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation, the Salt River First Nation #195, the Smith Landing First Nation, the West Point First Nation, and the Northwest Territory Métis Nation for allowing access to field locations.
Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Inquiry Centre )
10 Wellington, 23rd Floor , Gatineau , QC , K1A 0H3 ,
819-997-2800
819-994-1412
http://ec.gc.ca
OnLine resource
Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology Data (English) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology Data (French) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology ( OGC:WMS )

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OnLine resource
Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (English) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Web Service;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (French) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Web Service;HTML;fra

File identifier
a6b1d2d6-4c05-41d6-8208-434b31e14114 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2022-05-20T19:05:56
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Inquiry Centre )
10 Wellington, 23rd Floor , Gatineau , QC , K1A 0H3 ,
819-997-2800
819-994-1412
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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