Interim report on a comparative study of benthic algal primary productivity in the AOSERP study area

• Main Authors: Hickman, M., Charlton, S. E. D., Jenkerson, C. G.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Oil Sands; AOSERP; Surveys; Tar Sands; AOSERP Report 75; Algae; Athabasca River; AOSERP WS 1.3.4; Alberta; Hangingstone River; Mackay; MacKay River
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/5abc7ee1-b6eb-42f5-999b-17001c59369c; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3VD6P55Z

Studies concentrating upon the epilithon were conducted in five tributary rivers flowing into the Athabasca River: the Muskeg, Steepbank, Hangingstone, MacKay, and Ells rivers. The species composition of the epilithic algae was determined during June to November 1978. Diatoms and blue-green algae do...