| Principal Investigator: | Lamoureux, Scott F (9) |
| Licence Number: | 15687 |
| Organization: | Queen's University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2015
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| Issued: | Jun 12, 2015 |
| Project Team: | Ashley Rudy, Scott Lamoureux |
Objective(s): To investigate the impact of permafrost disturbance on water quality by examining varying sizes of watersheds with different magnitudes of disturbance.
Project Description: The objective of this work is to investigate the impact of permafrost disturbance on water quality by examining varying sizes of watersheds with different magnitudes of disturbance. The impact of disturbance on water quality will be examined in a number of different research questions: 1) does watershed size impact downstream water quality where there is the same magnitude of disturbance; 2) is water quality impacted more by a large areal extent of disturbance or increased frequency of disturbance; and 3) does the connectivity or distance to a water source affect downstream water quality. A disturbance inventory for eastern Banks Island was acquired through a partnership with the Northwest Territories Government and a Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program. In total 637 active Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) were digitized using satellite imagery (SPOT and Quickbird) and ranged in size from 300 to 224 000 square met... Show more
