Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program Summary Report, Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 2006)
This 2005 summary report documents the seventh year of the Panda Diversion Channel monitoring program, assessing the effectiveness of the channel as fish habitat compensation for mining activities at Ekati Diamond Mine. The report presents results on Arctic grayling migration patterns, spawning success, fry survival, habitat quality, and population dynamics, comparing the constructed channel against natural reference streams.
- Date
- 2006-02-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, ALS Environmental, Taiga Environmental Laboratory
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Panda Diversion Channel, North Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Buster Lake, Grizzly Stream, Buster Stream, Airport Stream, Kodiak-Little Stream, Polar-Vulture Stream, Pigeon Stream, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- stream flow, water temperature, periphyton, chlorophyll a, Arctic grayling spawners, Arctic grayling fry, fish density, egg density, egg-fry survival, fry-outmigrant survival, fish growth, fish condition, habitat enhancement, population modeling, fish migration, burbot, lake trout, round whitefish, slimy sculpin, lake chub
- Pages
- 36
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