Mya truncata as a bioindicator of chronic municipal wastewater exposure and anthropogenic activity in Frobisher Bay, NU.

• Main Author: Schaefer, Christina M
• Other Authors: Jeffries, Kenneth (Biological Sciences) Deslauriers, David (Biological Sciences), Weihrauch, Dirk (Biological Sciences) Hanson, Mark (Environment and Geography)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Frobisher Bay; Bivalve Growth; Sclerochronology; Trace element; Stable Isotope; Municipal wastewater; Mya truncata; mRNA; Canada
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/35260

Municipal wastewater effluent is one of the largest sources of pollution to Canadian waters. Until recently, the disposal of wastewater was not of great concern to Arctic communities, but growing populations and urbanization bring more diverse contaminants that could cause deterioration of an alread...