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The Use of Stable Isotopes (13C/12C and 15N/14N) to Trace Exposure to Oil Sands Processed Material in the Alberta Oil Sands Region

A. J. Farwell Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, OntarioCorrespondence[email protected]
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V. Nero Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
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K. Ganshorn Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
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C. Leonhardt Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
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J. Ciborowski Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
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M. MacKinnon Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton Research Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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D. G. Dixon Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
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Pages 385-396 | Received 30 Jul 2008, Accepted 29 Oct 2008, Published online: 18 Feb 2009

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Monique Boutsivongsakd, Andrea J. Farwell, Hao Chen & D. George Dixon. (2015) Factors Influencing Stable Isotopes and Growth of Algae in Oil Sands Aquatic Reclamation. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 78:3, pages 196-214.
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A. J. Farwell, N. J. Harms, J. E. G. Smits & D. G. Dixon. (2014) Stable Nitrogen Isotopes of Nestling Tree Swallows Indicate Exposure to Different Types of Oil Sands Reclamation. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 77:8, pages 415-425.
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J.V. Headley, K.M. Peru, M.H. Mohamed, R.A. Frank, J.W. Martin, R.R.O. Hazewinkel, D. Humphries, N.P. Gurprasad, L.M. Hewitt, D.C.G. Muir, D. Lindeman, R. Strub, R.F. Young, D.M. Grewer, R.M. Whittal, P.M. Fedorak, D.A. Birkholz, R. Hindle, R. Reisdorph, X. Wang, K.L. Kasperski, C. Hamilton, M. Woudneh, G. Wang, B. Loescher, A. Farwell, D.G. Dixon, M. Ross, A. Dos Santos Pereira, E. King, M.P. Barrow, B. Fahlman, J. Bailey, D.W. Mcmartin, C.H. Borchers, C.H. Ryan, N.S. Toor, H.M. Gillis, L. Zuin, G. Bickerton, M. Mcmaster, E. Sverko, D. Shang, L.D. Wilson & F.J. Wrona. (2013) Chemical fingerprinting of naphthenic acids and oil sands process waters—A review of analytical methods for environmental samples. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A 48:10, pages 1145-1163.
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R. Kelman Wieder, Melanie A. Vile, Dale H. Vitt, Kimberli D. Scott, Bin Xu, James C. Quinn & Cara M. Albright. (2022) Can plant or lichen natural abundance 15N ratios indicate the influence of oil sands N emissions on bogs?. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 40, pages 101030.
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