An Assessment of the Plant and Mycorrhizal Community at Steeves Lake Shoreline, Colomac Mine, NWT

• Main Authors: Hamp, Rebekah, Stevens, Dr. Kevin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2018
• Subjects: plant ecology; mycorrhiza; northern vegetation; diesel contamination; Colomac Mine; Integrative Biology; Canada; Steeves Lake; Carex aquatilis
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2091; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/3210/viewcontent/Rebekah_Hamp_Thesis_.pdf

This study focused on the environmental impacts of mining and potential techniques to mitigate them. The goals of this study were to (1) Quantify vegetation and fungal colonization at a remediated mine site in northern Canada, and to determine if there were effects from petroleum hydrocarbon contami...