@article {53819,
	title = {Synthesis: Applying the reference condition approach for monitoring reclamation areas in the Athabasca oil sands region},
	year = {2013},
	note = {CEMA Contract No. 2010-0029 RWG.},
	month = {08/2013},
	pages = {123 pages },
	institution = {Cumulative Environmental Management Association },
	address = {Fort McMurray, AB},
	abstract = {The report provides an overview of the Reference Condition Approach (RCA) concept in assessing environmental condition, discusses limitations in its most common applications (evaluating the biological condition of aquatic systems), and discusses means of adapting the approach for implementation in the oil sands region in support of a monitoring program to track the restoration of biodiversity in areas that have been restored following oil sands mining.
},
	keywords = {analytical methodology, CEMA, monitoring, reclamation success, UofA},
	url = {http://library.cemaonline.ca/ckan/dataset/60486530-91fd-4a14-ae04-b307b568a34d/resource/c8f3b673-df50-42c0-a0bc-92e6eaf2c0fd/download/synthesisapplyingthereferencecondition.pdf},
	author = {Ciborowski, Jan J. H. and Kang, Misun and Grgicak-Mannion, Alice and Rabb, Dustin and Bayley, Suzanne E. and Foote, A. Lee}
}
