Zach Pond Fisheries Resource and Habitat Survey, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1998)
Baseline fisheries resource and habitat survey of Zach Pond conducted in 1997 by Rescan Environmental Services for BHP Diamonds Inc. prior to proposed bulk sample drilling. Survey documented water quality characteristics, captured two burbot fish specimens, identified an isolated burbot population with minimal spawning habitat, and confirmed the dry outflow stream contained no fish habitat.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Dillon Consulting Limited, North/South Consultants Inc.
- Locations
- Zach Pond, Ekati Diamond Mine, Paul Lake Watershed, Koala Watershed, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Coppermine River, Zach-Paul Stream
- Parameters
- water quality, fish community, fish habitat, burbot, dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, metal concentrations, aluminum, spawning habitat, substrate composition, littoral zone, limnological characteristics, zooplankton, fairy shrimp, Secchi depth, euphotic zone
- Pages
- 90
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