A study of biological colonization of the West Interceptor Ditch and lower Beaver Creek

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Grant, W.
  • Tsui, P.
  • Tripp, D.

• The West Interceptor Ditch was constructed to divert water from several small creeks into Bridge Creek, a tributary of Beaver Creek, which eventually flows into the Athabasca River. During the diversion process, a portion of lower Beaver Creek was restructured to accommodate discharge from the North Starter Dyke. The present study, initiated in May, 1977, and completed in September, 1977, is mainly concerned with this restructured section. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to: 1) describe existing environmental conditions in, and to document natural biological colonization of, the West Interceptor Ditch, and 2) determine the degree of biological colonization of the recently altered section in lower Beaver Creek.

• Date created

  1978

• Subjects / Keywords

  • West Interceptor Ditch
  • Oil Sands
  • Surveys
  • Beaver Creek
  • Oil sands
  • Tar Sands
  • Tar sands
  • Syncrude
  • Environmental Research Monograph 1978-6
  • Alberta
  • Colonization
  • Canada, Alberta, Fort McMurray

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3T727G52

• License

  Conditions of Use Tsui, P., D. Tripp and W. Grant, 1978. A study of biological colonization of the West Interceptor Ditch and lower Beaver Creek. Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta. Environmental Research Monograph 1978-6. 144 pp. Permission for non-commercial use, publication or presentation of excerpts or figures is granted, provided appropriate attribution (as above) is cited. Commercial reproduction, in whole or in part, is not permitted without prior written consent. The use of these materials by the end user is done without any affiliation with or endorsement by Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reliance upon the end user's use of these materials is at the sole risk of the end user.