Beartooth Lake 1997 Fisheries Resource and Habitat Survey (BHP Billiton, November 1997)
This 1997 baseline fisheries resource and habitat survey of Beartooth Lake documents fish species composition, population estimates, condition factors, and habitat characteristics prior to planned bulk sampling diamond drilling. The survey found Arctic grayling and lake trout as primary species, with population estimates of 98–131 Arctic grayling and 42–46 lake trout susceptible to index gill nets, alongside oligotrophic water conditions and limited stream spawning habitat.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Beartooth Lake, Ekati Diamond Mine, NWT Diamonds claim block, Koala watershed, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Coppermine River, Bearclaw Lake, Panda Lake
- Parameters
- fish population, fish habitat, water quality, Arctic grayling, lake trout, burbot, slimy sculpin, catch per unit effort, population estimates, fish condition factors, spawning habitat, dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, total metals, aluminum, nutrient concentrations, Secchi depth, littoral substrate, fish diets
- Pages
- 84
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