The impact of Ca-rich diamond mining effluent on downstream cladoceran communities in softwater lakes of the Northwest Territories, Canada

• Main Authors: Griffiths, Katherine, Thienpont, Joshua R., Jeziorski, Adam, Smol, John P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2018
• Subjects: Canada; Northwest Territories; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/89988; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0469

Effluent from diamond mining operations rich in calcium (Ca) has transformed softwater tundra lakes in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Lakes downstream of the Dominion Diamond Corporation Ekati Mine have experienced marked changes in water chemistry and cladoceran community composition since establishment of the mine in 1998. The greatest changes have occurred at the sites closest to the effluent discharge, with [Ca] increasing from The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author.