Assessing the potential environmental factors affecting cladoceran assemblage composition in arsenic-contaminated lakes near abandoned silver mines

Silver mining has a long history in Cobalt (Ontario, Canada), and it has left a complex environmental legacy where many lakes are contaminated with arsenic-rich mine tailings. In this exploratory survey, we examined subfossil Cladocera remains in the surface sediments of 22 lakes in the abandoned m...

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Main Authors: Branaavan Sivarajah, Jesse C. Vermaire, John P. Smol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:https://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/2004