Essays about: "Kusawa Lake"

Found 2 essays containing the words Kusawa Lake.

1. 1. Estimated Input of Mercury to Kusawa Lake, Northern Canada, from Snow and Glacial Melt Water

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Ingrid Beckholmen; [2016]
   Keywords : Mercury; HBV-model; Kusawa Lake; Canada; runoff; glaciers; Kvicksilver; HBV-model; Kusawa Lake; Kanada; avrinning; glaciärer;

   Abstract : Unusually high levels of mercury (Hg) have been detected in several northern Canadian lakes, remote from human industrial activities. At Kusawa Lake, a subalpine glacier-fed mountain lake situated in the Yukon Territory (western Canada), measurements of Hg in caught fish are below, but worryingly close to, the Health Canada guideline for safe fish consumption of 0. READ MORE

3. 2. Atmospheric mercury deposition in alpine snow, northern British Columbia and southwestern Yukon, Canada

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Pia Karlsson; [2014]
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   Abstract : High mercury (Hg) levels have been measured in fish in Kusawa Lake (KL), a subalpine, partly glacier-fed lake situated in the southwestern Yukon, Canada, but it is presently unknown where this Hg comes from. One possible source may be atmospheric deposition of Hg in snow and subsequent release by melt into the lake. READ MORE