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    Acidification of lakes in northern Saskatchewan: An assessment of sensitivity and risk from acidic deposition

    Year: 2015, 2015
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Cathcart, Hazel, Thesis advisor (ths): Aherne, Julian, Degree committee member (dgc): Watmough, Shaun, Degree committee member (dgc): Whitfield, Colin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>The emission of acid precursors by large point sources in Western Canada</p><p>(such as the Athabasca Oil Sands Region) has prompted studies into the possible impact to downwind aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Sensitivity of catchments to acidic deposition was estimated for the total lake population of northern Saskatchewan (n=89,947) using regression kriging. Under the… more