Historical Deposition and Microbial Redox Cycling of Mercury in Lake Sediments from the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada

• Main Author: Brazeau, Michelle
• Other Authors: Blais, Jules M., Poulain, Alexandre J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2012
• Subjects: mercury; organic matter; bacterial mercury resistance; mer operon; lake sediment; Hudson Bay Lowlands; Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Remote Lake; Climate change; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22722; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5597

The repercussions of climate change are felt worldwide, but Arctic and subarctic regions, where climate warming is expected to be amplified, are especially vulnerable. An episode of mass fish mortality in the Sutton River in the Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) of Northern Ontario has elicited the interest...