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Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Environmental Science"
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-09-06)Satellite imagery can be analyzed to offer a preliminary regional assessment of mine tailings indicators, enabling identification before performing in-depth fieldwork. Nova Scotia, Canada, still retains mine tailings ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-09-06)Satellite imagery can be analyzed to offer a preliminary regional assessment of mine tailings indicators, enabling identification before performing in-depth fieldwork. Nova Scotia, Canada, still retains mine tailings ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Historical gold mining in Nova Scotia resulted in over 3,000,000 tonnes of mine tailings deposited into aquatic habitats and low-lying areas, where they remain today. Legacy tailings are typically elevated in mercury (Hg) ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)High concentrations of tropospheric ozone are a concern due to its detrimental effects on human and plant health. As the world population expands and ozone precursor emissions become more challenging to limit, understanding ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)Green roofs are increasingly recognised as a sustainable option for reducing building energy demand. However, given the large investment required for their construction, accurate modelling methods are needed to predict ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-08-22)Chloride-based road deicers are commonly used for winter road maintenance but can be detrimental in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. The objective of this thesis was to investigate the impacts of road salting ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-12-19)Mercury (Hg) biomagnifies consistently in aquatic food webs around the world. This can be a human health concern in areas with recreational and subsistence fisheries, as the main biomagnifying agent (methylmercury), is a ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)Tidal wetlands provide important coastal protection, and interest in their restoration is growing in response to climate change. In Atlantic Canada, tidal wetland restoration has focused on restoring tidal flow, without ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)Natural shoreline management practices, such as living shorelines, are being explored for their use as an alternative to traditional armoring methods such as riprap. Literature surrounding living shorelines lacks coherence ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)To assess the state of Canadian fisheries, it is important to measure how benefits are distributed within, and across fishing communities and how this changes over time. I collaborated with government and industry members ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-12-16)Invasive fish species Chain pickerel (Esox niger) was first reported within Kejimkujik National Park and Historical Site in 2018. I used stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Historic gold mining in Nova Scotia, Canada, produced mercury (Hg)-contaminated tailings from the 1860s to 1940s that were deposited into the environment and subsequently abandoned upon mine closures. Today, these ...
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