Analysis of Sediment Data from the Beaufort Sea Shorebase Monitoring Program, 1982 to 1984

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Oil exploration and production activity in the Canadian Beaufort Sea has an associated risk of causing adverse environmental impacts. To assess any adverse effects from this industrial activity and to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of regulatory controls, a detailed understanding of the present conditions of the environment is necessary. A program to monitor sediments from the shorebase areas in Tuktoyaktuk Harbour and McKinley Bay was initiated in 1982 and continued in a revised form in 1983 and 1984. These programs resulted in the collection of sediment samples at over 100 stations for analysis of metals and hydrocarbons. This report interprets the 1984 Shorebase Monitoring data for the environmental significance and extent of anthropogenic inputs in the areas sampled compared to background levels in the Beaufort Sea and elsewhere, and extends the analysis to the entire Shorebase data set.

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