Guidelines for Designing and Implementing an Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program in the NWT, Plain Language Summary (DIAND, June 2009)
Guidelines developed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMPs) for large-scale development projects in the Northwest Territories, including an eight-step framework that integrates Traditional Knowledge and western science to monitor impacts on the water environment.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Northwest Territories regulatory boards
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Mackenzie Valley
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic ecosystem health, fish and insect populations, contaminant accumulation, effluent discharge, sediment quality, baseline conditions, whitefish, copper, mercury, ammonia, chemical stressors, water levels
- Pages
- 9
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