Application of artificial substrate samplers to assess enrichment of metals of concern by river floodwaters to lakes across the Peace-Athabasca Delta

• Main Author: Savage, Cory
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2021
• Subjects: Contaminant monitoring; Periphyton; Floodplain; Peace-Athabasca Delta; Athabasca Oil Sands; Athabasca River; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/16999

Potential for downstream delivery of contaminants via Athabasca River floodwaters to lakes of the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), northeastern Alberta (58.6°N, 111.8°W), has raised local to international concern. Prior investigations have shown metals concentrations in sediment of lakes supplied by riv...