Effect of Shoreline Subsidence and Anthropogenic Activity on Northwest Territories’ Lakes.

• Main Author: Houben, Adam James
• Other Authors: Blais, Jules
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
• Subjects: Climate Change; Permafrost; Thaw Slump; Freshwater; Nutrients; Primary production; Mercury; Mining; Arsenic; Arctic; Inuvik; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Climate change; permafrost; Phytoplankton; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35679; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-636

Thawing permafrost – in the form of shoreline retrogressive thaw slump events – influence adjacent arctic tundra lake systems near Inuvik, NT. Slump-affected lakes demonstrated lower organic matter and key nutrients such as phosphorus (P), as well as greater water clarity. Key terrestrial permafrost...