The diversity and composition of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams in the Mackenzie River system, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Scott, Ryan William
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Aquatic ecology; Arctic streams; Aquatic insects; Biology; Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Norman Wells; Northwest Territories; Climate change; Ice; Mackenzie river; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4984

Impending natural resources development and concern about the effects of climate change have spurred increased efforts to study and monitor aquatic habitats in the Mackenzie River system. As part of Environment Canada’s attempt to survey the system in advance of the construction of the Mackenzie Gas...