Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) 2015 Annual Report, Part 3, Statistical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, March 2016)
This is the 2015 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program Part 3 Statistical Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, prepared by ERM Consultants Canada Ltd. for Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation. The report presents comprehensive statistical analyses of water quality, plankton, benthos, and fish data collected from monitored and reference lakes in the Koala, King-Cujo, Pigeon-Fay, and Upper Exeter watersheds, using linear mixed effects regression, Tobit regression, and before-after control-impact (BACI) design methodologies to detect potential mine-related effects on aquatic ecosystems.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation, ERM Consultants Canada Ltd.
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Pigeon-Fay Watershed, Upper Exeter Watershed, Fay Bay, Long Lake, Kodiak Lake, North Panda Lake, Counts Lake, Nanuq Lake, Vulture Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, pH, alkalinity, water hardness, chloride, sulphate, potassium, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, total organic carbon, metals, antimony, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, copper, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, strontium, uranium, vanadium, mercury, phytoplankton, chlorophyll-a, zooplankton, benthos, fish, catch-per-unit-effort, fish length, fish weight, condition factor, age, growth rate, sex ratio, gonadosomatic index, liver somatic index, EROD activity, parasites, deformities, erosions, lesions, tumours
- Pages
- 1520
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