Meteorology, Hydrology, Water Quality & Fisheries and Aquatic Life Environmental Data Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 1996)
This 1996 environmental data report documents baseline monitoring results for meteorology, hydrology, water quality, and aquatic life in the Koala watershed at the BHP Diamonds Project (Ekati mine) in the Northwest Territories. Key findings include above-average precipitation in 1996 (particularly August), corresponding high stream flows in late summer, water quality characterized by slightly acidic low-turbidity conditions, and fish populations in monitoring lakes dominated by round whitefish and lake trout with minor disturbance signals in Kodiak Lake related to mining activities.
- Date
- 1996-12-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Koala watershed, Lac de Gras, Long Lake, Slipper Lake, Kodiak Lake, Vulture Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Coppermine River Basin, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lupin, Coppermine
- Parameters
- meteorology, air temperature, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, evaporation, hydrology, water discharge, lake elevation, water quality, pH, turbidity, total suspended solids, total phosphorus, total metals, aluminum, mercury, phytoplankton, zooplankton, periphyton, benthic invertebrates, larval drift, fish populations, round whitefish, lake trout, arctic grayling, longnose sucker, catch-per-unit-effort, fish condition factor, fish tissue metals, aquatic life
- Pages
- 272
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