2008 CFRAW Presentations

Below is a list of oral and poster presentations given by the CFRAW group in 2008.

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  1. Alm, K. 2008. Toxicity of surface water from CFRAW focal wetlands to the crustacean, Ceriodaphnia dubia. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  2. Chen, H., Farwell A., Kirby, K., Dixon, D.G. 2008. The effects of nutrient enrichment on oil sands affected reclaimed wetlands. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008.
  3. Ciborowski, J.J.H., D.G. Dixon, L.A. Foote, K. Liber, and J.E.G. Smits. 2008. Carbon dynamics, food web structure, and reclamation strategies in Athabasca oil sands wetlands (CFRAW). Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  4. Daly. C.A. 2008. Re-establishing ecosystems: Suncor's reclamation research & development program. Canandian Water Network Oil Sands Workshop, Waterloo. January 3rd, 2008.
  5. Daly, C.A. 2008. Re-establishing ecosystems: Suncor's Wetland Reclamation Research & Development Program. Annual Suncor Closure Planning & Reclamation Workshop. Jan/08.
  6. Daly, C.A. & W.L. Tedder. 2008. Re-establishing ecosystems in an oil sands affected landscape. Proceedings of the 2008 Alberta Environment Conference, Edmonton, AB 21-23 Apr/08. Farwell, A. Water issues in Canada's oil sand mining operations. Oxygenates & Hydrocarbons Summit and Research Management Team Meeting. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. October 29 - 31, 2008.
  7. Farwell, A. 2008. Ecotoxicology of Oil Sands Aquatic Environments: Canada's Greatest Reclamation Challenge!?! Department of Biology Seminar Series, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. September 26, 2008.
  8. Foote, L. and C.M. Wytrykush. 2008. The science: an overview of wetland research in the oil sands area Proc. 2008 Annu Meeting. Society of Wetland Scientists, Washington, DC. 26-30 May 2008.
  9. Frederick, K.R. 2008. Using biofilms and grazing midges (chironomidae) to determine nitrogen isotope baseline and enrichment in food webs among wetlands differing in anthropogenic stressors. 2008 Annual Canadian Water Network Oil Sands Research Meeting, Waterloo, ON. Jan/08.
  10. Frederick, K.R., C. Wytrykush and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. Using biofilms and grazing midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) to determine nitrogen isotope baseline and enrichment in food webs of constructed wetlands differing in anthropogenic inputs. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  11. Frederick , K., Wytrykush, C., and Ciborowski, J.J.H. 2008. Using biofilms and grazing midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) to determine nitrogen isotope baseline and enrichment in food webs of constructed wetlands differing in anthropogenic inputs. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop 2008, Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008. [poster]
  12. Frederick , K. 2008. Determining the effects of differing substrates and oil sands process water on the productivity of transferred periphyton mats. Carbon Dynamics, Food Web Structure, and Reclamation Strategies in Athabasca Oil Sands Wetlands Kick-off Meeting (Regional). Fort McMurray, AB. June/08.
  13. Frederick , K., Wytrykush, C., and Ciborowski, J.J.H. 2008. Using biofilms and grazing midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) to determine nitrogen isotope baseline and enrichment in food webs of constructed wetlands differing in anthropogenic inputs. University of Windsor Biological Sciences Undergraduate Thesis Colloqium (Institutional). Windsor, ON. May/08.
  14. Gardner-Costa, J. 2008. Spatial variation in microbial respiration in oil sands-affected and reference wetlands measured using gas elution from sediments in northeastern Alberta. 2008 Annual Canadian Water Network Oil Sands Research Meeting, Waterloo, ON. Jan/08.
  15. Gardner-Costa, J. 2008. Spatial variation in microbial respiration in oil sands-affected and reference wetlands measured using gas elution from sediments in northeastern Alberta. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  16. Gardner Costa J, J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. Spatial variation of wetland sediment gas flux in constructed wetlands, northeastern Alberta. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. Saskatoon, SK. Oct/08.
  17. Harms, N.J. and J.E.G. Smits. 2008. Health Assessment of Nestling Tree Swallows on the Oil Sands: Immune Function, Growth and Reproductive Indicators. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008. [poster]
  18. Hersikorn, B.D. 2008. Physiological and endocrinological effects of oil sands process affected water on the wood frog. Toxicology Seminar, Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Jan/08.
  19. Hersikorn, B.D. and J.E.G. Smits. 2008. Amphibian development on reclaimed wetlands. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  20. Hersikorn, B. and J.E.G. Smits. 2008. In-situ caging of Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Tadpoles in Wetlands Formed From Oil Sands Process-Affected Material (OSPM). 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008. [poster]
  21. Kavanagh, R. 2008. Effects of oil sands constituents on fish reproduction in end-pit lakes. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  22. Kavanagh, R., R. Frank, B.K. Burnison, M. MacKinnon, J.Headley, K. Peru, A. Farwell, D.G. Dixon, K. Solomon, and G. Van Der Kraak. 2008. Oil Sands Constituents and their Effects on the Reproductive Physiology of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas). 29th North American Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Tampa, FL. Nov/08.
  23. Liber, K. 2008. Breakdown of naphthenic acids with peat amendments. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  24. Martin, J. 2008. Estimating secondary production in oil sands wetlands using polytene chromosome puffs in Chironomus spp. (Diptera: Chironomidae): Effect of oil sands process materials on the nucleolar organizer. 2008 Annual Canadian Water Network Oil Sands Research Meeting, Waterloo, ON. Jan/08.
  25. Martin, J.P. and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. Chironomid growth, chromosomal puffing and the effect of oil sands process materials. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  26. Martin, J.P., J.J.H. Ciborowski and C. Wytrykush. 2008. Nucleolar organizer (NO) size as a measure of instantaneous growth in Chironomus riparius larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae): a tool for monitoring individual and population responses to stress. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008.
  27. Puttaswamy, N. 2008. Evaluation of Oil Sands Coke Leachate Toxicity Using Ceriodaphnia dubia. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
  28. Puttaswamy, N. and K. Liber. 2008. Platform - Metal leaching from oil sands coke and associated characterization of leachate toxicity. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008.
  29. Puttaswamy, N. and K. Liber. 2008. Chemical and Ecotoxicological Characterization of Athabasca Oil Sands Coke Leachates. 29th North American Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Tampa, FL. Nov/08. [poster]
  30. Roy, M-C., A.L. Foote and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. Wetland plant community dynamics over time: a comparison between natural and created wetlands affected by oil sands mining. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. Saskatoon, SK. Oct/08. [poster]
  31. Roy, M-C. and A.L. Foote. 2008. Wetland plant community dynamics over time: a comparison between natural and created wetlands affected by oil sands mining. 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS). Lake Louise, AB. Nov/08.
  32. Slama C, J. Gardner Costa, and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. Sediment oxygen demand of wetlands in the oil sands region of North-eastern Alberta. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. Saskatoon, SK. Oct/08. [Poster]
  33. Thoms, J.L., J.P. Martin, N.J. Harms, J.E.G. Smits and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. Relating zoobenthic & emergent terrestrial insect production to tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestling diet in oil sands wetlands. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. Saskatoon, SK , October 5-8, 2008. [poster]
  34. Toor, N., X.Han, E. Franz, M. MacKinnon, J. Martin, and K. Liber. 2008. Biodegradation of Naphthenic Acids in Simulated Wetlands: Relationship Between Congener Profiles and Aquatic Toxicity. 29th North American Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Tampa, FL. Nov/08. [poster]
  35. Toor, N., X. Han, M. MacKinnon, J. Martin and K. Liber. 2008. Biodegradation of Complex Naphthenic Acid Mixtures and a Probable Link Between Congener Profiles and Aquatic Toxicity. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, , October 5-8, 2008.
  36. Turcotte, D. A. Pasloski, B. Lanser, K. Alm and K. Liber. 2008. Are there toxic interactions between salinity and naphthenic acids in the toxicity of oil sands process water to freshwater invertebrates?. 35th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, October 5-8, 2008. [poster]
  37. Turcotte, D. A. Pasloski, K. Alm and K. Liber. 2008. Interaction of salinity and naphthenic acids in the toxicity of oil sands process water to freshwater invertebrates. 29th North American Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Tampa, FL. Nov/08. [poster]
  38. Wytrykush, C. J.J.H. Ciborowski, L, Foote, and J. Hornung. 2008. Rates of detrital decomposition in oil sands process affected wetlands: cattail and moss. Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development Environmental Research Symposium, Edmonton, AB, Jan/08.
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