Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Tracking Mercury and Mercury Stable Isotopes Throughout the Wabigoon/English River System: A Preliminary Assessment

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McGovarin, Stephen Adam, Thesis advisor (ths): Hintelmann, Holger, Thesis advisor (ths): Metcalfe, Chris, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>In the Wabigoon/English River system, mercury concentrations downstream from Dryden, ON, where there was a former chlor-alkali plant, remain elevated in sediments and biota. Understanding the current extent and severity of mercury contamination downstream from the former chlor-alkali plant is of great interest in furthering the clean-up of mercury within the traditional territory of… more

Assessing limnological characteristics of subarctic Québec thaw ponds and mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation within their sediments

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Reynolds, Sancha, Thesis advisor (ths): Hintelmann, Holger, Degree committee member (dgc): Canario, João, Degree committee member (dgc): Eimers, Catherine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Thawing permafrost due to increasingly warm temperatures in northern subarctic regions is releasing mercury. The consequent formation of thaw ponds in the peatland palsa valley of the Sasapimakwananisikw (SAS) river in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik, Québec may provide a pool for MMHg formation and a potential risk to aquatic and human life, if these ponds facilitate MMHg export through… more