Anthropologic effects on Canadian Watersheds

Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
a) say what the source is (and/or link to it),
The source, titled: Valued Ecosystem Components for Watershed Cumulative Effects: An Analysis of Environmental Impact assessments in the South Saskatchewan River Watershed, focuses on the accumulating effects of anthropologic activities and the threats they pose towards water quality, and its availability. This is 1 of 9 papers focused on determining if the current cumulative effects assessment (CEA), environmental impact assessments (EIA) and watershed-based cumulative effects assessment (WCEA) are effective enough to use the ecosystem components and indicators to determine watershed health.

This paper was published in 2012, and is retrieved from:

https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ieam.1333

b) classify it into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial
This article is in the category of an Academic, peer reviewed research material due to its written expertise, dedicated use of in text citations, strong resources/ bibliography, peer review and use of field and lab study containing “methods” and “results”. This is supported by the following information.
C) Support
Figure 1. Displays the date that this article was submitted for publishing, returned for revision, and accepted.

Figure 2: The use of in Text Citations

 

Figure 3: Methods and Results

Figure 4: References/ Bibliography  

 

Emily Marston

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