Seasonal Physical, Chemical and Algal Changes in Five Rivers Flowing Through the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie
• Main Authors: Charlton, Shirley E. D., Hickman, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1984
• Subjects: Athabasca River; Canada; Hangingstone River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19840690302; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Firoh.19840690302; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/iroh.19840690302

Abstract Seasonal studies concentrating upon physical and chemical parameters and the epilithic algal community were conducted at specific sites in five tributary rivers flowing through the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta, Canada into the Athabasca River. Numerically cyanophycean algae ( Ly...