Advances in science and applications in air pollution monitoring: A case study on oil sands monitoring targeting ecosystem protection

Air Quality Consultant, Danville, CA, USA; Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Québec, QC, Canada; State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China; Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA; Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Integrated Environmental Analytics & Prediction Branch, Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; BioSphere Solutions, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Atlantic Forest Research Collaborative, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA, USA

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

• Publication date

  2019-09-26

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/10962247.2019.1659192PMID 31437101
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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• JA&WMA dedicates this issue to its exceptional reviewers and editors

  2019cited by this paper
• Advances in science and applications of air pollution monitoring: A case study on oil sands monitoring targeting ecosystem protection

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• Advances in science and applications of air pollution monitoring: A case study on oil sands monitoring targeting ecosystem protection

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• Source apportionment of ambient fine and coarse particulate matter polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Bertha Ganter-Fort McKay community site in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada.

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• Source apportionment of an epiphytic lichen biomonitor to elucidate the sources and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada.

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• Introduction to the virtual special issue monitoring ecological responses to air quality and atmospheric deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands region the wood Buffalo environmental Association's Forest health monitoring program.

  2019cited by this paper
• Deposition Mapping of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada and Linkages to Ecosystem Impacts.

  2018cited by this paper
• Emissions preparation and analysis for multiscale air quality modeling over the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada

  2018cited by this paper
• An evaluation of the efficacy of very high resolution air-quality modelling over the Athabasca oil sands region, Alberta, Canada

  2018cited by this paper
• Air synthesis review: polycyclic aromatic compounds in the oil sands region

  2018cited by this paper
• Sources of Methylmercury to Snowpacks of the Alberta Oil Sands Region: A Study of In Situ Methylation and Particulates.

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• Wildlife winners and losers in an oil sands landscape

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• Meltwater from snow contaminated by oil sands emissions is toxic to larval fish, but not spring river water.

  2018cited by this paper
• A chemical transport model study of plume-rise and particle size distribution for the Athabasca oil sands

  2018cited by this paper
• Improving air quality model predictions of organic species using measurement-derived organic gaseous and particle emissions in a petrochemical-dominated region

  2018cited by this paper
• Evaluation of Variability in Greenhouse Gas Intensity of Canadian Oil Sands Surface Mining and Upgrading Operations.

  2018cited by this paper
• Heterocyclic Aromatics in Petroleum Coke, Snow, Lake Sediments, and Air Samples from the Athabasca Oil Sands Region.

  2017cited by this paper
• Evaluating functional recovery of habitat for threatened woodland caribou

  2017cited by this paper
• Characterization of Naphthenic Acids and Other Dissolved Organics in Natural Water from the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Canada.

  2017cited by this paper
• Comparison of polycyclic aromatic compounds in air measured by conventional passive air samplers and passive dry deposition samplers and contributions from petcoke and oil sands ore

  2017cited by this paper
• A comparison of plume rise algorithms to stack plume measurements in the Athabasca oil sands

  2017cited by this paper
• Spatial and temporal patterns in trace element deposition to lakes in the Athabasca oil sands region (Alberta, Canada)

  2017cited by this paper
• Differences between measured and reported volatile organic compound emissions from oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada

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• Athabasca Oil Sands Petcoke Extract Elicits Biochemical and Transcriptomic Effects in Avian Hepatocytes.

  2017cited by this paper
• Particulate matter emissions over the oil sands regions in Alberta, Canada

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• Contributions of natural and anthropogenic sources to ambient ammonia in the Athabasca Oil Sands and north-western Canada

  2017cited by this paper
• Paleolimnological assessment of nutrient enrichment on diatom assemblages in a priori defined nitrogen- and phosphorus-limited lakes downwind of the Athabasca Oil Sands, Canada

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• Trace metals in the dissolved fraction (<0.45μm) of the lower Athabasca River: Analytical challenges and environmental implications.

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• Airborne Petcoke Dust is a Major Source of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region.

  2016cited by this paper
• Characterizing baseline concentrations, proportions, and processes controlling deposition of river-transported bitumen-associated polycyclic aromatic compounds at a floodplain lake (Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada)

  2016cited by this paper
• Assessing Risks of Shallow Riparian Groundwater Quality Near an Oil Sands Tailings Pond

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• Plasma proteome profiles of White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) from the Athabasca River within the oil sands deposit.

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• Peat bogs in northern Alberta, Canada reveal decades of declining atmospheric Pb contamination

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• Fugitive Dust Emissions

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• Wind erosion potential for fugitive dust sources in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

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• Sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to northwestern Saskatchewan lakes east of the Athabasca oil sands

  2015cited by this paper
• Characterization of PM2.5 and PM10 fugitive dust source profiles in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

  2015cited by this paper
• Comment on "Sphagnum mosses from 21 ombrotrophic bogs in the Athabasca bituminous sands region show no significant atmospheric contamination of 'heavy metals'".

  2015cited by this paper
• Isotopic Evidence for Oil Sands Petroleum Coke in the Peace-Athabasca Delta.

  2015cited by this paper
• Long-term reliability of the Athabasca River (Alberta, Canada) as the water source for oil sands mining

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• Sphagnum mosses from 21 ombrotrophic bogs in the athabasca bituminous sands region show no significant atmospheric contamination of "heavy metals".

  2014cited by this paper
• Atmospheric deposition of mercury and methylmercury to landscapes and waterbodies of the Athabasca oil sands region.

  2014cited by this paper
• Profiling oil sands mixtures from industrial developments and natural groundwaters for source identification.

  2014cited by this paper
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  2013cited by this paper
• Legacy of a half century of Athabasca oil sands development recorded by lake ecosystems

  2013cited by this paper
• Century-long source apportionment of PAHs in Athabasca oil sands region lakes using diagnostic ratios and compound-specific carbon isotope signatures.

  2013cited by this paper
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  2012cited by this paper
• Measurement of Real-World Stack Emissions with a Dilution Sampling System

  2012cited by this paper
• Overview of Real-World Emission Characterization Methods

  2012cited by this paper
• Response to Comment on “Variability and Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment Models for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Oil Sands Production”

  2012cited by this paper
• Has Alberta oil sands development increased far-field delivery of airborne contaminants to the Peace-Athabasca Delta?

  2012cited by this paper
• Has Alberta Oil Sands Development Altered Delivery of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds to the Peace-Athabasca Delta?

  2012cited by this paper
• Variability and uncertainty in life cycle assessment models for greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil sands production.

  2012cited by this paper
• Invading White-Tailed Deer Change Wolf-Caribou Dynamics in Northeastern Alberta

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• Palaeolimnological assessment of lake acidification and environmental change in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta

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• Oil sands development contributes elements toxic at low concentrations to the Athabasca River and its tributaries

  2010influential reference
• Understanding the Canadian oil sands industry’s greenhouse gas emissions

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• Moving From Model to Application: Cultural Keystone Species and Reclamation in Fort McKay, Alberta

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• A life cycle greenhouse gas emissions perspective on liquid fuels from unconventional Canadian and US fossil sources

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• Have atmospheric emissions from the Athabasca Oil Sands impacted lakes in northeastern Alberta, Canada?

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• Sustainable Development by Design: Review of Life Cycle Design and Related Approaches

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• A CRITICAL REVIEW

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