Legacy of a half century of Athabasca oil sands development recorded by lake ecosystems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1761-1766

  Kurek, Joshua ^a   Kirk, Jane L ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Wang, Xiaowa ^b   Evans, Marlene S ^b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Cladocera; Contaminants; Environmental stressors; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALBERTA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; FUEL OILS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84873152056     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217675110     Document Type: Article

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