Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-evaluation, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2010)
BHP Billiton's 2009 re-evaluation of the Ekati Diamond Mine Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) conducted by Rescan Environmental Services assesses the program's performance over 11 years and provides 33 recommendations for the 2010-2012 monitoring period. The report includes comprehensive multivariate statistical analyses, reviews of sampling design and methodologies, and addresses stakeholder comments regarding water quality, sediment quality, biological communities, and fish monitoring in the Koala and King-Cujo watersheds.
- Date
- 2010-01-20
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, North Slave Métis Alliance, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Lac de Gras, Vulture Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Cujo Lake, Christine Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Counts Lake, Nanuq Lake, Coppermine River, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, aquatic effects, fish monitoring, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, dissolved oxygen, pH, sulfate, total dissolved solids, chloride, potassium, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, aluminum, arsenic, copper, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, zinc, lake trout, whitefish, minimum detectable difference, effect size, sampling design, statistical analysis
- Pages
- 460
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