A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature

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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, David R.
dc.contributor.authorBayne, Erin M.
dc.contributor.authorBeausoleil, Danielle
dc.contributor.authorDennett, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Jason T.
dc.contributor.authorHazewinkel, Roderick O.
dc.contributor.authorSayanda, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorWyatt, Faye
dc.contributor.authorDubé, Monique G.
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T16:31:30Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T16:31:30Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractIn the past decade, a large volume of peer-reviewed papers has examined the potential impacts of oil and gas resource extraction in the Canadian oil sands (OS). A large proportion focuses on terrestrial biology: wildlife, birds, and vegetation. We provide a qualitative synthesis of the condition of the environment in the oil sands region (OSR) from 2009 to 2020 to identify gaps and progress cumulative effects assessments. Our objectives were to (1) qualitatively synthesize and critically review knowledge from the OSR; (2) identify consistent trends and generalizable conclusions; and (3) pinpoint gaps in need of greater monitoring or research effort. We visualize knowledge and terrestrial monitoring foci by allocating papers to a conceptual model for the OS. Despite a recent increase in publications, focus has remained concentrated on a few key stressors, especially landscape disturbance, and a few taxa of interest. Stressor and response monitoring is well represented, but direct monitoring of pathways (linkages between stressors and responses) is limited. Important knowledge gaps include understanding effects at multiple spatial scales, mammal health effects monitoring, focused monitoring of local resources important to Indigenous communities, and geospatial coverage and availability, including higher attribute resolution in human footprint, comprehensive land cover mapping, and up-to-date LiDAR coverage. Causal attribution based on spatial proximity to operations or spatial orientation of monitoring in the region is common but may be limited in the strength of inference that it provides. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2022;18:388–406. © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was funded under the Oil Sands Monitoring Program (OSM) but does not necessarily reflect the position of OSM.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRoberts, D.R., Bayne, E.M., Beausoleil, D., Dennett, J., Fisher, J.T., Hazewinkel, R.O., Sayanda, D., Wyatt, F. and Dubé, M.G. (2022), A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 18(2): 388-406. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4519en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4519
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/13836
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Managementen_US
dc.subjectAthabasca
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectCumulative effects
dc.subjectEnvironmental monitoring
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.titleA synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literatureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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