Effect of Shoreline Subsidence and Anthropogenic Activity on Northwest Territories’ Lakes.

Thawing permafrost – in the form of shoreline retrogressive thaw slump events – influence adjacent arctic tundra lake systems near Inuvik, NT. Slump-affected lakes demonstrated lower organic matter and key nutrients such as phosphorus (P), as well as greater water clarity. Key terrestrial permafrost...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houben, Adam James
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
Subjects:
Climate Change
Permafrost
Thaw Slump
Freshwater
Nutrients
Primary production
Mercury
Mining
Arsenic
Arctic
Inuvik
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Climate change
permafrost
Phytoplankton
Tundra
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-636
http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/35679

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