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Spring 2014
Anthropogenic contaminants can impair olfactory responses to natural odorants. In fishes, these impairments may be used as a metric of sub-lethal toxicity. My studies aimed to determine the effects of two contaminant sources on fish olfaction as measured by electro-olfactography (EOG). The...
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Genotoxicity and Mutagenicity of Extractable Organics from Oil Sands Process-Affected Water
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Oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) is produced in the surface mining industry during the hot-water extraction of bitumen from oil-sands ore. Its acid extractable organic (AEO) fraction is known to be acutely toxic, but few studies have addressed its genotoxicity or mutagenicity. Here, the in...
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Improving ethanol productivity through self-cycling fermentation of yeast: a proof of concept
Download2017-11-01
Sauvageau, Dominic, Bressler, David C., Chae, Michael, Wang, Jie
Background The cellulosic ethanol industry has developed efficient strategies for converting sugars obtained from various cellulosic feedstocks to bioethanol. However, any further major improvements in ethanol productivity will require development of novel and innovative fermentation strategies...
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Monitoring Macrophage Immune Gene Expression Profiles as an Early Indicator System for Examining the Bioactivity of Oil Sands Process Affected Waters
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Oil sands process-affected waters (OSPW) are by-products of bitumen (i.e. oil) extraction from the oil sands located in northern Alberta. These large volumes of water are held in tailings ponds and cannot be released due to their potential toxic effects. Overall, tailings ponds and mining...
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Fall 2018
The continuing use of crude oil and development of the oil industry have resulted in complex hydrocarbon mixtures becoming common environmental contaminants. These contaminants, such as oil sands process affected water (OSPW) and crude oil, are especially of concern in aquatic ecosystems. OSPW...
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The evaluation of toxic effects induced by exposure of mammals to oil sands process-affected water and its organic fraction
DownloadSpring 2018
Oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) produced by the surface-mining oil sands industry in Alberta, has been shown to be toxic to a variety of organisms. Much of this toxicity has been attributed to the dissolved organic compounds, primarily naphthenic acids (NAs). Under a no-release practice,...
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The impacts of metal and salts similar in composition to Oil sands processes affected water (OSPW) on Rainbow trout respirometry, gill structure, and gill enzyme dynamics
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Remediation of Northern Athabasca Oil sands areas has become an essential goal for engineers, biologists and industry stakeholders. Tailing ponds containing oil sand process-affected water (OSPW) have been growing in number as a byproduct of bitumen extraction activity. Treatment of OSPW can...
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Turbidity Mitigation in an Oil Sands End Pit Lake through pH Reduction and Fresh Water Addition
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The remediation of oil sands wastes such as fluid fine tailings (FFT) and oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are of increasing concern in the oil sands industry. End pit lakes are one remediation option currently being researched at commercial scale in Base Mine Lake (BML) operated by...