Regions: South Slave Region
Tags: water quality, fish health, sewage
Principal Investigator: | MacLatchy, Deborah (2) |
Licence Number: | 15336 |
Organization: | Wilfrid Laurier University |
Licensed Year(s): |
2014
2013
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Issued: | Sep 06, 2013 |
Project Team: | Dr. Deborah MacLatchy, Dr. Andrea Lister, Dr. Gerald Tetreault |
Objective(s): To collect and sample small bodied fish species (sculpin, trout perch) upstream, downstream, and at the sewage effluent outflow pipe at Fort Smith to examine the reproductive health of the fish.
Project Description: The objectives of this research project are to: 1. Collect and sample small bodied fish species (sculpin, trout perch) upstream, downstream, and at the sewage effluent outflow pipe at Fort Smith following established Environmental Effects Monitoring techniques to examine the reproductive health of the fish; 2. Expose small bodied fish to sewage effluent or Slave River water (as the control) for 72hrs and sample the fish using the same methodology as in Objective 1. This work can only be done if sufficient numbers of fish can be collected; and 3. Analyze the Fort Smith sewage effluent for water quality characteristics. For Objective 1: Fish will be collected by seining (1/8th mesh 4X15 feet net) and electroshocking suitable habitat areas along the Slave River shoreline. These techniques do not leave gear unattended in the river. The fish will be sampled for indicators of fish health and reproduction such as bod... Show more