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A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature
In 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...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9292629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34510725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4519 |
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author | Roberts, David R. Bayne, Erin M. Beausoleil, Danielle Dennett, Jacqueline Fisher, Jason T. Hazewinkel, Roderick O. Sayanda, Diogo Wyatt, Faye Dubé, Monique G. |
author_facet | Roberts, David R. Bayne, Erin M. Beausoleil, Danielle Dennett, Jacqueline Fisher, Jason T. Hazewinkel, Roderick O. Sayanda, Diogo Wyatt, Faye Dubé, Monique G. |
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description | In 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). |
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spelling | pubmed-92926292022-07-20 A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature Roberts, David R. Bayne, Erin M. Beausoleil, Danielle Dennett, Jacqueline Fisher, Jason T. Hazewinkel, Roderick O. Sayanda, Diogo Wyatt, Faye Dubé, Monique G. Integr Environ Assess Manag Special Series: A Decade of Research and Monitoring in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada In 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). John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-10-12 2022-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9292629/ /pubmed/34510725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4519 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Special Series: A Decade of Research and Monitoring in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada Roberts, David R. Bayne, Erin M. Beausoleil, Danielle Dennett, Jacqueline Fisher, Jason T. Hazewinkel, Roderick O. Sayanda, Diogo Wyatt, Faye Dubé, Monique G. A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
title | A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
title_full | A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
title_fullStr | A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
title_full_unstemmed | A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
title_short | A synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the Alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
title_sort | synthetic review of terrestrial biological research from the alberta oil sands region: 10 years of published literature |
topic | Special Series: A Decade of Research and Monitoring in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9292629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34510725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4519 |
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