Fish Performance Indicators Adjacent to Oil Sands Activity: Response in Performance Indicators of Slimy Sculpin in the Steepbank River, Alberta, Adjacent to Oil Sands Mining Activity

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Tetreault, Gerald R., Bennett, Charles J., Clark, Thomas W., Keith, Heather, Parrott, Joanne L., McMaster, Mark E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Athabasca River; Steepbank River; Cottus cognatus; Slimy sculpin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4625; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.4625; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/etc.4625; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.4625

Abstract Since 2009, the Canadian and Alberta governments have been developing monitoring plans for surface water quality and quantity of the lower Athabasca River and its tributaries (2010–2013). The objectives of the present study to the fish monitoring program were to 1) assess the current status...