Ecological Characteristics of Streams in the Barrenlands near Lac de Gras, N.W.T., Canada

• Main Authors: Nicholas E. Jones, William M. Tonn, Garry J. Scrimgeour, Chris Katopodis
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Key words; streams; Barrenlands; tundra; reference condition; spatiotemporal variation; lake-outlet; arctic grayling; Thymallus arcticus; drift; Lac de Gras; Northwest Territories; Arctic; Canada; Arctic grayling; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.572.2317; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic56-3-249.pdf

ABSTRACT. We examined spatiotemporal variation in the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of pristine streams that represent a range of conditions near Lac de Gras in the Barrenlands region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Principal component analysis organized streams into four...