Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology, Oil Sands Region
The health of individual amphibians, amphibian populations, and their wetland habitats are monitored in the oil sands region and at reference locations. Contaminants assessments are done at all sites. Amphibians developing near oil sands activities may be exposed to concentrations of oil sands-related contaminants, through air emissions as well as water contamination. The focus of field investigations is to evaluate the health of wild amphibian populations at varying distances from oil sands operations. Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) populations are being studied in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories in order to examine the relationship of proximity to oil sands activities and to prevalence of infectious diseases, malformation rates, endocrine and stress responses, genotoxicity, and concentrations of heavy metals, naphthenic acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology Data (English)CSVEnglish dataset CSV
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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and Toxicology Data (French)CSVFrench dataset CSV
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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and ToxicologyESRI RESTEnglish web_service ESRI REST
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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and ToxicologyESRI RESTFrench web_service ESRI REST
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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and ToxicologyWMSEnglish web_service WMS
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Amphibian and Wetland Health Contaminants and ToxicologyWMSFrench web_service WMS
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View ECCC Data Mart (English)HTMLEnglish web_service HTML
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View ECCC Data Mart (French)HTMLFrench web_service HTML
Geographic Information
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Contact Information
Delivery Point: 1125 Colonel By Drive
City: Ottawa
Administrative Area: ON
Postal Code: K1A 0H3
Country: Canada
Electronic Mail Address: bruce.pauli@canada.ca