Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP), Diavik Diamond Mine (Diavik Diamond Mines, July 2001)
This document describes Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.'s Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) for Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, designed to measure short-term and long-term effects of diamond mine operations on the aquatic ecosystem. The program includes core monitoring of water quality, snow quality, primary and secondary producers, benthic invertebrates, and lake bed sediment chemistry, along with special effects studies on plume delineation and source water toxicity characterization.
- Date
- 2001
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Diavik Diamond Mines Inc, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Envirotest Laboratories, Dorset Research Lab, University of Alberta, HydroQual Laboratories, Bio-Limno Research & Consulting
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Diavik Diamond Mine, East Island, West Island, Double Bay, Misery outlet, Slipper Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Edmonton, Calgary, Dorset, Ontario
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic effects, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, lake bed sediment chemistry, chlorophyll a, metals, nutrients, total phosphorus, ammonia, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, turbidity, snow quality, plume delineation, toxicity, fish tissue contaminants, effluent dispersion, mine water discharge
- Pages
- 45
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