Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program Technical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2000)
This is the second year (1999) monitoring report for the Panda Diversion Channel at Ekati Diamond Mine, assessing the performance of constructed fish habitat enhancements and channel stability following a major freshet event. The report documents hydrology, spring fish migration, larval emergence, habitat assessments, channel stability, benthic invertebrates, and periphyton communities, comparing 1999 results with 1998 baseline data and concluding that Arctic grayling and other fish species are utilizing the channel and enhancements successfully despite some areas of channel degradation from exaggerated peak flows.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dillon Consulting Limited, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Panda Diversion Channel, North Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Koala Watershed, Grizzly Creek, Buster Creek, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Yellowknife, Indin River, Vulture Lake, Buster Lake, Grizzly Lake, Kodiak Lake
- Parameters
- hydrology, hydraulics, fish habitat utilization, fish spawning, fish migration, spawning success, channel stability, erosion, sedimentation, benthic invertebrates, periphyton, Arctic grayling, lake trout, burbot, slimy sculpin, water flow, peak flow rate, total suspended solids, turbidity, larval fish, habitat enhancements, fish passage, substrate composition, water velocity, water depth
- Pages
- 534
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