Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to collect sediment cores from up to six sites in Great Bear Lake to investigate the temporal record of diatom and lake productivity and the deposition of mercury and other metals; to investigate spatial gradients in lake productivity as influenced by station depth, distance from shore, and river influences; and to continue to investigate mercury levels ...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2014
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to collect a series of sediment cores in the West Basin of Great Slave Lake to investigate time trends in various chemicals of interest including mercury, mercury isotopes and persistent organic contaminants.
In late-March 2014, the research team will collect sediment cores at 3-4 locations on Great Slave Lake (West Basin, offshore Slave River). An 8...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2003
1998 Summary:
This study is based on earlier research conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans which found that fish in many lakes in the Mackenzie River Basin had high mercury concentrations. This study examines the environment in which the fish live in o...