Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Part 1 — Evaluation of Effects, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2013)
This is a comprehensive 2012 aquatic effects monitoring report for the Ekati Diamond Mine covering the Koala and King-Cujo watersheds, evaluating physical limnology, water quality, plankton, benthos, and fish populations across multiple lakes and streams using statistical and graphical analyses to assess mining-related impacts.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic effects, dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, chloride, sulphate, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, metals (aluminum, antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, strontium, uranium, zinc), phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, fish (lake trout, round whitefish, slimy sculpin), fish tissue metal concentrations, EROD activity, PCB and dioxin concentrations, fish condition, fish growth, parasites, lake residence time
- Pages
- 736
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