Inconsequential effects of flooding in 2014 on lakes in the Peace‐Athabasca Delta (Canada) due to long‐term drying

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Remmer, Casey R., Klemt, Wynona H., Wolfe, Brent B., Hall, Roland I.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, BC Hydro, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Alberta Environment and Parks, Suncor Energy Incorporated
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Canada; Peace-Athabasca Delta; glacier*; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10787; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Flno.10787; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.10787; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/lno.10787; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.10787

Abstract Climate‐driven decline in freshwater supplied by rivers draining the hydrographic apex of western North America has ramifications for downstream ecosystems and society. For the Peace‐Athabasca Delta (PAD), floods from the Peace and Athabasca rivers are critical for sustaining abundant shall...