Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Changes in Streams along an Agricultural Gradient

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Graham, Lisa, Thesis advisor (ths): Xenopoulos, Marguerite, Degree committee member (dgc): Dunlop, Erin, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, Michael, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Nitrogen is a major constituent of agricultural fertilizers, and nitrogen inputs to stream water via runoff and groundwater lead to a variety of negative environmental impacts. In order to quantify the movement of nitrogen through aquatic food webs, fourteen streams with varying land uses across South-Central Ontario were sampled for two species of fish, freshwater mussels, and water for… more
Full Text:   CARBON  AND  NITROGEN  ISOTOPE  CHANGES  IN  STREAMS  ALONG  AN   AGRICULTURAL  GRADIENT   A  Thesis  submitted  to  the  Committee  on  Graduate  Studies   in  Partial  Fulfillment  of  the  Requirements  for  the  Degree  of  Master  of  Science   in …