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1999 Lake Winnipeg project: cruise report and scientific results
(Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 1999)Following the 1997 Red River flood, a program of research was initiated to determine how large the floods can be, how often large floods have occurred in recent centuries, and whether natural factors may be changing the ... -
2019 Lake Winnipeg Basin Program Symposium Summary Report
(2019-08)Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) held a Lake Winnipeg Basin Program Symposium on March 20th and 21st, 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba in conjunction with a number of other Lake Winnipeg-related events during Canada ... -
Agricultural Beneficial Management Practices for Lake Winnipeg – Cost-benefit analysis using an ecological goods and services approach
(The Thomsen Corporation, 2010-11)The objective of the research and analysis reported herein was to “Assess the costs and benefits of agricultural beneficial management practices (BMPs) for Lake Winnipeg in physical and economic terms, with an emphasis on ... -
Algae, Cyanobacteria and Water Quality
(Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2002-03)Algae and cyanobacteria are tiny organisms that occur naturally in saltwater and freshwater. Individual organisms can often only be seen under a microscope, although with some species , individuals can join together to ... -
Annual Exceedance Probabilities and Trends for Peak Streamflows and Annual Runoff Volumes for the Central United States During the 2011 Floods. Chapter D of 2011 Floods of the Central United States
(United States Geological Survey, 2014)During 2011, excess precipitation resulted in widespread flooding in the Central United States with 33 fatalities and approximately $4.2 billion in damages reported in the Red River of the North, Souris, and Mississippi ... -
Aquatic Communities and Contaminants in Fish from Streams of the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota
(United States Geological Survey, 1995)Available data on the ecology of aquatic organisms in the Red River of the North Basin, a study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment program, were collated from numerous sources. Lack ... -
Assessment of bbe Fluoroprobe for algal taxonomic discrimination in Lake Winnipeg
(2014-10-29)This paper reports on an investigation of the capability of the bbe Moldaenke Fluoroprobe instrument for distinguishing major algal taxa. It employs a Department of Fisheries and Oceans database of Fluoroprobe data ... -
Assessment of Nutrient Enrichment by Use of Algal-, Invertebrate-, and Fish-Community Attributes in Wadeable Streams in Ecoregions surrounding the Great Lakes
(United States Geological Survery, 2011)The algal, invertebrate, and fish taxa and community attributes that best reflect the effects of nutrients along a gradient of low to high nutrient concentrations in wadeable, primarily midwestern streams were determined ... -
Assessment of Sediments in the Riverine Impoundments of National Wildlife Refuges in the Souris River Basin, North Dakota
(United States Geological Survey, 2014)Accelerated sedimentation of reservoirs and riverine impoundments is a major concern throughout the United States. Sediments not only fill impoundments and reduce their effective life span, but they can reduce water quality ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE HISTORIC HYDROLOGY OFTHE ASSINIBOINE RIVER AND WATERSHED 1793-1870
(Geological Survey of Canada, 2001)In the aftermath of the 1997 Red River flood, archival materials were used to reconstruct the hydrologic history of the Red River prior to 1870 as part of the Geological Survey of Canada/Manitoba Geological Survey ... -
The Attenuation of Light In Lake Winnipeg Waters
(Fisheries and Marine Service, 1979-09)Lake Winnipeg water is usually turbid, and little light penetrates into the lake. Secchi disc visibility varied from 0.1 t 1.0 m in the south basin and 0.5 to 2.6 m in the north basin. Horizontal extinction coefficients ... -
CABIN - Laboratory Methods, Processing, Taxonomy, and Quality Control of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Samples
(Government of Canada, 2012-04)The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is the national biomonitoring program developed by Environment Canada. It provides a standardized biomonitoring sampling protocol and data analysis for the comparability ... -
Canada-Manitoba Memorandum of Understanding Respecting Lake Winnipeg and the Lake Winnipeg Basin
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A Canadian Action Plan to Address the Threat of Aquatic Invasive Species
(Government of Canada, 2004-09)Aquatic invasive species (AIS) have been entering Canadian waters for centuries but never as rapidly as today. Every decade, some 15 alien species establish themselves in our coastal or inland waters and, in the absence ... -
Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network - Field Manual, Wadeable streams 2012
(2012)The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is the national biomonitoring program developed by Environment Canada that provides a standardized sampling protocol and a recommended assessment approach, called the ... -
Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010.
(Canadian Councils of Resource Ministers. Ottawa, ON, 2010)Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010is a collaborative effort of the federal, provincial, and territorial governments of Canada. It was prepared by Joan Eamer, Trish Hayes, and Risa Smith under the ... -
Canadian Mercury Science Assessment Report
(Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2016)The Canadian Mercury Science Assessment is the first comprehensive scientific evaluation and synthesis of mercury (Hg) in the Canadian environment. The assessment is the outcome of a partnership between the Clean Air ... -
Cesium-137, radium-226, potassium-40 and selected stable elements in fish populations from Great Slave Lake (N.W.T), Louis Lake (Saskatchewan), Lake Winnipeg (Manitoba), and Experimental Lakes Areas (Northwestern Ontario)
(Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 1981-10)Activities of 137 Cs, resulting from globally distributed atmospheric fallout, and natural activities of 226 Ra and 40 K were determined for nine species of fish from five lakes in the Northwest Territories, Manitoba, ... -
Changes in Flood Response of the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota-Minnesota
(United States Government Printing Office, 1984)The magnitude and frequency of large floods that have occurred in recent years in the basin of the Red River of the North have caused concern that land-use changes and man- made drainage have increased flooding. This ... -
Chapter 3: Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the Williston Basin Province, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota
(United States Geological Survey, 2013)The U.S. Geological Survey completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Williston Basin Province in 2008. The assessment applied the total petroleum system concept, which includes mapping the ...