Exploratory hydrocarbon drilling impacts to Arctic lake ecosystems.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Joshua R Thienpont, Steven V Kokelj, Jennifer B Korosi, Elisa S Cheng, Cyndy Desjardins, Linda E Kimpe, Jules M Blais, Michael F J Pisaric, John P Smol
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Arctic Lake; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078875; https://doaj.org/article/7a8f6640ba49473289e0a5a9f5a2619f

Recent attention regarding the impacts of oil and gas development and exploitation has focused on the unintentional release of hydrocarbons into the environment, whilst the potential negative effects of other possible avenues of environmental contamination are less well documented. In the hydrocarbo...