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A Review of Control Charts and Exploring Their Utility for Regional Environmental Monitoring Programs by Tim J. Arciszewski

“…Industrial control charts are used in manufacturing to quickly and robustly indicate the status of production and to prompt any necessary corrective actions…”
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Exploring the Influence of Industrial and Climatic Variables on Communities of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Collected in Streams and Lakes in Canada’s Oil Sands Region by Tim J. Arciszewski

“…Identifying and tracking the influence of industrial activities on streams and lakes is a priority for monitoring in Canada’s oil sands region (OSR). While…”
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Statistical tools for water quality assessment and monitoring in river ecosystems – a scoping review and recommendations for data analysis by Schreiber, Stefan G., Schreiber, Sanja, Tanna, Rajiv N., Roberts, David R., Arciszewski, Tim J.

“…Abstract Robust scientific inference is crucial to ensure evidence-based decision making. Accordingly, the selection of appropriate statistical tools and…”
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Analyzing Relationships of Conductivity and Alkalinity Using Historical Datasets from Streams in Northern Alberta, Canada by Arciszewski, Tim J., Roberts, David R.

“…Many measurements, tools, and approaches are used to identify and track the influence of human activities on the physicochemical status of streams. Commonly,…”
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Incorporating Industrial and Climatic Covariates into Analyses of Fish Health Indicators Measured in a Stream in Canada’s Oil Sands Region by Tim J. Arciszewski, Erin J. Ussery, Mark E. McMaster

“…Industrial and other human activities in Canada’s oil sands region (OSR) influence the environment. However, these impacts can be challenging to separate from…”
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Assessing the Interpretability–Performance Trade-Off of Artificial Neural Networks Using Sentinel Fish Health Data by Patrick G. McMillan, Zeny Z. Feng, Tim J. Arciszewski, Robert Proner, Lorna E. Deeth

“…A number of sentinel species are regularly sampled from the environment near the Oil Sands Region (OSR) in Alberta, Canada. In particular, trout-perch are…”
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Principles and Challenges for Multi-Stakeholder Development of Focused, Tiered, and Triggered, Adaptive Monitoring Programs for Aquatic Environments by Munkittrick, Kelly R., Arciszewski, Tim J., Gray, Michelle A.

“…In Canada, there is almost 30 years of experience in developing tiered and triggered adaptive monitoring programs focused on looking at whether environmental…”
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Current knowledge of seepage from oil sands tailings ponds and its environmental influence in northeastern Alberta by Fennell, Jon, Arciszewski, Tim J.

“…Seepage of oil sand process-affected waters (OSPW) from tailings ponds into surface waters is a common concern in the minable oil sands region of northeast…”
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Using normal ranges for interpreting results of monitoring and tiering to guide future work: A case study of increasing polycyclic aromatic compounds in lake sediments from the Cold Lake oil sands (Alberta, Canada) described in Korosi et al. (2016) by Munkittrick, Kelly R., Arciszewski, Tim J.

“…Since the publishing of the Kelly et al. papers (2009, 2010) describing elevated contaminants in snow near the Alberta oil sands, there has been a significant…”
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Improving monitoring of fish health in the oil sands region using regularization techniques and water quality variables by McMillan, Patrick G., Feng, Zeny Z., Deeth, Lorna E., Arciszewski, Tim J.

“…Trout-perch are sampled from the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada, as a sentinel species for environmental health. The performance of trout-perch populations…”
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A critical review of the ecological status of lakes and rivers from Canada's oil sands region by Arciszewski, Tim J., Hazewinkel, Roderick R. O., Dubé, Monique G.

“…We synthesize the information available from the peer‐reviewed literature on the ecological status of lakes and rivers in the oil sands region (OSR) of Canada…”
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Developing and applying control charts to detect changes in water chemistry parameters measured in the Athabasca River near the oil sands: A tool for surveillance monitoring by Arciszewski, Tim J., Hazewinkel, Rod R., Munkittrick, Kelly R., Kilgour, Bruce W.

“…Control charting is a simple technique to identify change and is well suited for use in water quality programs. Control charts accounting for covariation…”
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Regional and Long‐Term Analyses of Stable Isotopes of Fish and Invertebrates Show Evidence of the Closure of a Pulp Mill and the Influence of Additional Stressors by McMahon, Heather M., Arciszewski, Tim J., Munkittrick, Kelly R., Kidd, Karen A.

“…A bleached kraft pulp mill discharging effluent to the Mattagami River in northern Ontario, Canada, closed after almost 90 yr of operation. During its…”
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Development of an adaptive monitoring framework for long-term programs: An example using indicators of fish health by Arciszewski, Tim J, Munkittrick, Kelly R

“…Detecting unwanted changes associated with localized human activities in aquatic ecosystems requires defining the value of an indicator expected at a site in…”
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Potential Influence of Sewage Phosphorus and Wet and Dry Deposition Detected in Fish Collected in the Athabasca River North of Fort McMurray by Tim J. Arciszewski, Mark E. McMaster

“…The health of fish is a primary indicator of ecosystem response in the Oil Sands Region of northeastern Alberta. However, industrial activity is accompanied by…”
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Using adaptive processes and adverse outcome pathways to develop meaningful, robust, and actionable environmental monitoring programs by Arciszewski, Tim J, Munkittrick, Kelly R, Scrimgeour, Garry J, Dubé, Monique G, Wrona, Fred J, Hazewinkel, Rod R

“…ABSTRACT The primary goals of environmental monitoring are to indicate whether unexpected changes related to development are occurring in the physical,…”
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An integrated knowledge synthesis of regional ambient monitoring in Canada's oil sands by Roberts, David R., Hazewinkel, Roderick O., Arciszewski, Tim J., Beausoleil, Danielle, Davidson, Carla J., Horb, Erin C., Sayanda, Diogo, Wentworth, Gregory R., Wyatt, Faye, Dubé, Monique G.

“…The desire to document and understand the cumulative implications of oil sands (OS) development in the ambient environment of northeastern Alberta has…”
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An Adaptive Environmental Effects Monitoring Framework for Assessing the Influences of Liquid Effluents on Benthos, Water, and Sediments in Aquatic Receiving Environments by Somers, Keith M, Kilgour, Bruce W, Munkittrick, Kelly R, Arciszewski, Tim J

“…ABSTRACT Environmental effects monitoring (EEM) has been traditionally used to evaluate the effects of existing facilities discharging liquid effluents into…”
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Assessing changes in indicators of fish health measured between 1997 and 2019 relative to multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors in Canada’s oil sands region using spatio-temporal modeling by Arciszewski, Tim J., Ussery, Erin. J., Tetreault, Gerald R., Hicks, Keegan A., McMaster, Mark E.

“…Industrial development in Canada’s oil sands region influences the ambient environment. Some of these influences, such as the atmospheric deposition of emitted…”
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Overview of Existing Science to Inform Oil Sands Process Water Release: A Technical Workshop Summary by Tanna, Rajiv N, Redman, Aaron D, Frank, Richard A, Arciszewski, Tim J, Zubot, Warren A, Wrona, Frederick J, Brogly, John A, Munkittrick, Kelly R

“…ABSTRACT The extraction of oil sands from mining operations in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region uses an alkaline hot water extraction process. The oil sands…”
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