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A Review of Contaminants on the Scotian Shelf and in Adjacent Coastal Waters: 1970 to 1995. P. L. Stewart and L.White

A comprehensive overview of environmental factors, human activities, and contaminant levels in waters, sediments, and biota of Nova Scotia's Atlantic coastal communities, and the adjacent continental shelf. The report includes a detailed discussion of several prominent harbours, including Halifax Inlet, the Strait of Canso, and Sydney Harbour, as well as overviews of inlets including St. Margarets Bay, the LaHave Estuary, Lunenburg Harbour, and Shelburne Harbour, including patterns and causes of environmental contamination as well as physical, chemical and biological factors.

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An Overview of Biological Community Data in the Ocean Disposal Permit Review Process Atlantic Region: Current Practice, Statistical Validity, and Biological Communities.

Since 1989, seabed biological communities have been routinely assessed for most proposed ocean dumpsites in Atlantic Canada as one of the requirements for obtaining an ocean dumping permit. This report and associated data appendices, presents an analysis of community and species paramenters for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

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Environmental Monitoring at the Black Point Ocean Disposal Site

Assessing Long-term Impacts of Dredge Spoil Disposal in Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick. The report provides a review of the history of dredging and dredge impact studies in Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick, and federal government monitoring activities at the Black Point ocean disposal site, the largest in Eastern Canada. 2003.

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Ocean Disposal Overview-Charlottetown Harbour.

Dredging and Ocean Disposal in a Coastal Harbour, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. An overview of studies of environmental and industrial influences including dredging and dredge spoil disposal in the watershed and harbour of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 2009.
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Arctic Ocean Ecosystems

Presents an overview of biological and physical processes in one of the world's most remote and least understood oceans. Prepared as background for a component of the Canadian contribution to the Arctic marine Assessment Program (AMAP), this report provides a readable synthesis of selected literature.

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Guide to Land Use Planning in Coastal Areas of the Maritime Provinces.

Oceans and Environment Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2003. Reviewed issues and approaches to coastal land use planning, and prepared a manual for planners, managers and the general public.
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Biological and Physical Features of Georges Bank. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 1997.

Prepared a 16-page background summary of the oceanography of Georges Bank, which was distributed at public information sessions for a review of a moratorium on drilling and exploration in the area.
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Surficial Geology of the Scotian Shelf

Surficial Geology map of the Scotian Shelf prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ocean Management Division 2003.
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Database of Fish Eggs and Larvae Distributions on the Scotian Shelf and Adjacent Waters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environmental Studies Research Funds. 2003-2004.

Prepared an electronic database of distribution and abundance information on fish eggs and larvae, from literature and re-analysis of research survey data, to be used by researchers and the oil industry as an information source in environmental assessment of offshore projects.
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Other Publications and Reports

Database of Benthic Macrofaunal Biomass and Productivity Measurements for the Eastern Canadian Continental Shelf, Slope and Adjacent Areas. 413 p.

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ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS SERIES

Environmental Requirements of the Blue Mussel (1994)

Approx. $10 (Cdn.); $7.50 (US)
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Besoins environnementaux du moule bleue (1994)

Approx. $10 (Cdn.); $7.50 (US)
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Environmental Requirements of the Sea Scallop (1994)

Approx. $10 (Cdn.); $7.50 (US)
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Besoins environnementaux du pétoncle géant (1994)

Approx. $10 (Cdn.); $7.50 (US)
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Environmental Requirements of the Atlantic Herring (1994)

Approx. $10 (Cdn.); $7.50 (US)
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Besoins environnementaux du hareng atlantique (1994)

Approx. $10 (Cdn.); $7.50 (US)
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Discovering the Bog

Handout on Bogs in Nova Scotia.
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