Assessing relations among multiple environmental gradients for shallow lakes in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, using hydrological, limnological and community-collaborative research approaches

• Main Author: Balasubramaniam, Ann-Marie
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2017
• Subjects: Thermokarst Lakes; Community Collaborative Research; Subarctic; Hydrology; Limnology; Old Crow Flats; Arctic; Yukon; Gwitchin; Old Crow; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12824

Shallow freshwater ecosystems are undergoing marked hydrological changes associated with a warming Arctic, which causes concern for remote northern communities that access these regions to maintain their traditional lifestyles. Variation in precipitation patterns (snow and rain), due to changing cli...