EXAMINING THE LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF GOLD MINING OPERATIONS, URBANIZATION, AND CLIMATIC CHANGES ON SUB-ARCTIC LAKES NEAR YELLOWKNIFE (NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA) USING DIATOMS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

• Main Author: Sivarajah, Branaavan
• Other Authors: Smol, John, Biology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: paleolimnology; sub-Arctic lakes; environmental change; precious metal mining; multiple stressors; diatom (Bacillariophyceae); Arctic; Canada; Jackfish; Jackfish Lakes; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/28568

The mineral resource potential of Canada’s North has been recognized since the early 20th century with mines operating across all three territories. However, the long-term biological consequences of Northern mining operations and associated anthropogenic activities on surrounding freshwaters have no...