Unfiltered : sediment alterations in response to untreated wastewater emissions from a marine outfall off Ísafjörður, Iceland

• Main Author: Thompson, Jake Maruli, 1993-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Vistkerfi; Frárennsli; Sjálfbærni; University centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Ecosystem; Wastewater; Haf; Ísafjörður; Álftafjörður; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/36273

An ecosystem’s ability to sustainably handle wastewater inputs relies on the relationship between the receiving environments natural processes, flow rate, and amount and composition of the wastewater. A benthic survey was conducted to investigate the impacts of a singular wastewater outfall (point s...