Paleolimnological assessment of limnological change in 10 lakes from northwest Saskatchewan downwind of the Athabasca oils sands based on analysis of siliceous algae and trace metals in sediment cores.

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Laird, K., Das, B., Kingsbury, M., Moos, Melissa T., Pla-Rabes, S., Ahad, J. E., Wiltse, B., Cumming, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Athabasca oil sands; Saskatchewan; Lake acidification; Climate change; Diatoms; Chrysophyte scales; Trace metals; Fort MacKay; Fort McMurray; Mackay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/88868; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1623-5

19 páginas, 5 figuras, 2 tablas. The extraction of bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands is rapidly expanding, and emission of sulphur and nitrogen oxides has substantially increased. To determine whether lakes downwind of this development in northwest Saskatchewan have been detrimentally impacted si...