Aquatic Monitoring Baseline Study, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 1998)
This 1997 aquatic monitoring baseline study for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents comprehensive sampling of lakes and streams within and outside the Koala Watershed, measuring water and sediment quality, limnological characteristics, and biological communities including primary producers, secondary producers, and fish populations. The study establishes baseline conditions prior to mine development and establishes reference sites for long-term aquatic effects monitoring.
- Date
- 1998-01-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
- Locations
- Ekati Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Koala Watershed, Vulture Lake, Grizzly Lake, Kodiak Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Lac de Gras, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Vulture-Polar Stream, Kodiak-Little Stream, Moose-Nero Stream, Nema-Martine Stream, Slipper-Lac de Gras Stream, Panda Diversion Channel, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, limnological properties, primary producers, secondary producers, phytoplankton, periphyton, zooplankton, benthos, fish communities, dissolved oxygen, temperature profiles, metals, nutrients, total suspended solids, turbidity, pH, total organic carbon, enrichment factors, larval drift, trace metals in fish tissue
- Pages
- 375
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