The cultural eutrophication of Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada: a paleoecological study

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Schindler, D. W., Wolfe, Alexander P., Vinebrooke, Rolf, Crowe, Angela, Blais, Jules M., Miskimmin, Brenda, Freed, Rina, Perren, Bianca
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2008
• Subjects: Boreal Lake; Canada; Lac la Biche
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f08-117; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/F08-117; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/F08-117

A multiproxy paleoecological investigation of Lac la Biche, a large boreal lake in northeastern Alberta, Canada, revealed that the lake was eutrophic before European settlement but has undergone additional cultural eutrophication in the past 30 to 50 years. Annual fluxes to sediments of phosphorus,...