caa a22 4500 467903689 CHVBK 20180406152827.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-005-9097-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-005-9097-1 Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative: Context and Prevailing Legacy [Elektronische Daten] [William Gummer, F. Conly, Frederick Wrona] The Northern River Ecosystem Initiative (NREI), 1997-2004, has provided new scientific knowledge in response to specific recommendations from its predecessor, the Northern River Basins Study (NRBS), 1990-1996. The two initiatives together provide a remarkable body of science which is, and will continue to be, used by resource managers responsible for economic and environmental sustainability in the northern watersheds of Alberta. The NREI focused its investigative efforts on improving our understanding related to ecological considerations of changes in river flow, effect of climate change on flow, ecological responses to pollution and cumulative effects, vulnerability of drinking water quality, and to a lesser degree, wildlife (birds) response to large scale changes within the watersheds. Key findings are briefly presented in this paper and discussed in greater detail in the other NREI papers included in this. Commensurate with the undertakings of NREI, provincial and territorial governments, First Nation and Métis communities, and other administrative organizations such as the Mackenzie River Basin Board, undertook policy, regulatory, and watershed initiatives towards achieving sustainability and providing reliable drinking water quality. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 Athabasca River nationallicence climate change nationallicence contaminants nationallicence cumulative effects nationallicence dissolved oxygen nationallicence ecosystem nationallicence flow-regulation nationallicence nutrients nationallicence Peace-Athabasca Delta nationallicence Peace River nationallicence Slave River nationallicence watershed management nationallicence Gummer William Environment Canada, #200, 4999-98th Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada aut Conly F. Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut Wrona Frederick Department of Geography, National Water Research Institute, STN CSC, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 113/1-3(2006-02-01), 71-85 0167-6369 113:1-3<71 2006 113 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9097-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9097-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gummer William Environment Canada, #200, 4999-98th Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Conly F. Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wrona Frederick Department of Geography, National Water Research Institute, STN CSC, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 113/1-3(2006-02-01), 71-85 0167-6369 113:1-3<71 2006 113 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer