CFRAW: Graduate Thesis Database

Graduate Thesis Database for the CFRAW Project

Below is a list of completed and in-progress graduate theses from the CFRAW project. Electronic copies are linked in PDF format when available.

Baker, L. 2007. The effects of petroleum coke amendments on macrophytes and aquatic invertebrates in northern Alberta, Canada constructed wetlands. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario. PDF

Barr, L. 2009. Influence of consolidated mine tailings and oil sands process water on colonization potential of aquatic invertebrates of constructed wetlands in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario. PDF

Boutsivongsakd, M. In Progess. Seasonal and spatial trends in production and stable isotope signatures of primary producers and utilization by primary consumers in oil sands processed-material wetlands. M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.

Chen, M. In progress. Sediment interfacial interactions controlling nutrient and REDOX flux within experimental oil sands end-pit lake tailings. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor.

Daly, C. 2007. Carbon sources, microbial community production, and respiration in constructed wetlands of the Alberta, Canada oil sands mining area. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario. PDF

Frederick, K. 2010. Determining productivity of transferred benthic biofilms within wetlands differing in anthropogenic stressors. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta.

Gardner Costa, J. 2010. Spatial and temporal variation in sediment-associated microbial respiration in oil sands mine-affected wetlands of north-eastern Alberta, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor. PDF

Gentes, M-L. 2006. Health assessment of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting on the Athabasca Oil Sands, AB. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

Harms, J. 2009. Health, stress and immune assessment of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting on the Alberta oil sands. M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

Hersikorn, B.D. 2009. The sustainability of reclamation strategies on oil sands mining sites, using wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) as a bioindicator. M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Kavanagh, R.J. In progress. The influence of Athabasca oil sands constituents in on fish reproduction. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

Kennedy, K. In progress. Assessing Productivity of Chironomidae in Reclaimed Wetlands in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Northeastern Alberta. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor.

Martin, J. 2010. The effects of oil sands process materials (OSPM) on the nucleolar organizer (NOR) of Chironomus spp. larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae): using puff size as a measure of individual and population response to stress. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor. PDF

Puttaswamy, N. In progress. Evaluation of metal releases from oil sands coke: an assessment of ecotoxicological hazard and risk to aquatic organisms. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

Roy, M.C. In progress. Wetland Plant Community Dynamics through Time: a Comparison between Natural and Reclaimed Wetlands Affected by Oil Sands Mining. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta.

Slama, C. 2010. Sediment Oxygen Demand of Wetlands in the Oil Sands Region of North-eastern Alberta. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor.

Squires, A.J. 2005. Ecotoxicological Assessment of Using Coke in Aquatic Reclamation Strategies at the Alberta Oil Sands. M.Sc. Thesis , University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. PDF

Toor, N. In progress. Persistence and Toxicity of Naphthenic Acids in Oil Sands Process-Affected Waters and Commercial Mixtures: Understanding Wetland Bioremediation. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Transfer to PhD, In progress.

Videla, P.P. 2007. Examining oil sands dissolved carbon and microbial degradation using stable isotope analysis. M.Sc. Thesis. Univ. Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.

Wytrykush, C. In progress. Diversity and ecosystem processes and properties in wetland communities: the effects of ecosystem stressors and reclamation challenges. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.