| Principal Investigator: | Tank, Suzanne E (16) |
| Licence Number: | 16097 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2017
2016
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| Issued: | May 30, 2017 |
| Project Team: | Samson Mengistu, David Olefedlt, William Quinton, Chris Spence, Nicole Dion |
Objective(s): To determine the effect of fire on water quality within the southern NWT landscape.
Project Description: The objective of this study is to determine the effect of fire on water quality within the southern NWT landscape. The research team will work across the Taiga Plains and Taiga Shield ecoregions. Differences in landscape between these regions will affect the catchment response to fire. The team will also target catchments with variable permafrost extent, and wetland/lake coverage. The research team will visit 50 stream sites for the measurements. At each site, the team will sample water chemistry (nutrients, ions, organic carbon, mercury) and discharge. Samples will be collected following standard protocols, field-filtered, and stored chilled, in the dark, for later analysis. Analyses will be conducted at the University of Alberta’s Biogeochemical Analytical Service Laboratory, or the GNWT Taiga Lab. This year, the research team are sampling each of the road sites once, in spring-early summer, to capture spring high flo... Show more
