Regional reference variation provides ecologically meaningful protection criteria for northern World Heritage Site

• Published in: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
• Main Authors: Bowman, Michelle, Spencer, Paula, Dubé, Monique, West, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Northwest Territories; South Nahanni River; Yukon; Cottus cognatus; Slimy sculpin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/ieam_2008-091.1; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1897%2FIEAM_2008-091.1; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1897/IEAM_2008-091.1

Abstract Unprecedented rates of resource development and climate change at northern latitudes coupled with a lack of baseline information limits our ability to set ecologically meaningful criteria needed to protect these inherently sensitive ecosystems. We surveyed water and sediment chemistry, comm...