A Paleoenvironmental Study Tracking Eutrophication, Mining Pollution, and Climate Change in Niven Lake, the First Sewage Lagoon of Yellowknife (Northwest Territories)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stewart, Emily M., Hargan, Kathryn E., Sivarajah, Branaavan, Kimpe, Linda E., Blais, Jules M., Smol, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2018
• Subjects: sewage lagoon; Arctic; paleolimnology; sterols; stable nitrogen isotopes; diatoms; chironomids; shallow lakes; étang de stabilisation; Arctique; paléolimnologie; stérols; isotopes d’azote stables; diatomées; chironomidés; lacs peu profonds; Canada; Niven Lake; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Arctique*; Climate change; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67758

Niven Lake was the first wastewater disposal site for the City of Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada), receiving domestic sewage for more than 30 years. Here, we used a high-resolution sediment core to track past sewage inputs to Niven Lake by comparing changes in sedimentary sterols and thr...