Effect of Permafrost Thaw Slumps on Benthic Invertebrates and on Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lakes of the Mackenzie Delta Uplands, NT

• Main Author: Rebecca, D'Onofrio
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2014
• Subjects: Permafrost thaw slump; Persistent Organic Pollutant; POP; Size Spectra; Benthic macroinvertebrate; Mackenzie Delta; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3784; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/31188

Permafrost thaw slumping along lakeshores in lakes of the Mackenzie Delta Uplands, NT is known to alter water chemistry significantly. Its impact on benthic communities and persistent organic pollutant (POP) behaviour in lakes is not known. Benthic invertebrate communities responded to slumps throug...