Use of pre-industrial baselines to monitor anthropogenic enrichment of metals concentrations in recently deposited sediment of floodplain lakes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (Alberta, Canada)

• Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Main Authors: Owca, Tanner J., Kay, Mitchell L., Faber, Jelle, Remmer, Casey R., Zabel, Nelson, Wiklund, Johan A., Wolfe, Brent B., Hall, Roland I.
• Other Authors: Collaborative Research and Development, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Alberta Environment and Parks, BC Hydro, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor Energy Incorporated, Wood Buffalo National Park, Polar Continental Shelf Program, Northern Scientific Training Program
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Pollution; General Environmental Science; General Medicine; Athabasca River; Canada; Peace-Athabasca Delta
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8067-y; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10661-020-8067-y.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-020-8067-y/fulltext.html

Abstract Well-designed monitoring approaches are needed to assess effects of industrial development on downstream aquatic environments and guide environmental stewardship. Here, we develop and apply a monitoring approach to detect potential enrichment of metals concentrations in surficial lake sedim...