Response and variability of Arctic soils exposed to nitrogenous compounds

• Main Author: Anaka, Alison
• Other Authors: Wickstrom, Mark, Siciliano, Steven
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2008
• Subjects: wastewater; ammonium nitrate; atomization; tundra; Arctic soils; fertilization; Arctic; Cornwallis; Cornwallis Island; permafrost; polar desert; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-04242008-135211

Increased development in Canada’s northern environments has increased the need for accurate methods to detect adverse impacts on tundra ecosystems. Ammonium nitrate is a common water pollutant associated with many industrial and municipal activities, including diamond mining, and is of special conce...