Fluctuations in abundance of burrowing mayflies in Southern Indian Lake, Manitoba : mechanisms and implications for environmental monitoring

• Main Author: Giberson, D. J.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Indian; Southern Indian Lake; Churchill; Churchill River; Nelson River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/7221

In the mid-1970's, Manitoba Hydro impounded Southern Indian Lake (SIL) and diverted much of the flow of the Churchill River into the Nelson river catchment for hydroelectric power generation. A subsequent dramatic decline in burrowing mayfly (Hexagenia) populations was originally attributed to...