The influence of forest fires on metal deposition to lakes and peatlands in the North Slave Region, NWT

Forest fires release large amounts of metals into the air and can remobilize metal pollution previously deposited to terrestrial environments from long-range atmospheric transport. This study will generate new information on local and regional impacts of forest fires on metal deposition to lakes and peatlands in the Northwest Territories. Project findings will advance our understanding of cumulative impacts to lakes that involve climate change (which is predicted to increase the intensity of forest fires) and long-term deposition of metals. This study will elucidate the potential role of forest fires in recent trends of increasing mercury bioaccumulation in fish and wildlife of Great Slave Lake.

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Date Stamp
2021-05-12T06:01:09
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre)

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
1-800-668-6767

http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Title

The influence of forest fires on metal deposition to lakes and peatlands in the North Slave Region, NWT
Date (Creation)
2016-09-20
Date (Publication)
2016-10-20
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Vector
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - John Chetelat ( Research Scientist)

Canada
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Bruce Pauli ( Chief)

Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • forest fire, lakes, peatland, metal accumulation, Northwest Territories

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environment

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants

Geography

  • Water - Major drainage area - Great Slave Lake

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Wildlife and Landscape Science

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Access Constraints
Copyright
Use Constraints
Copyright
Begin Date
2016

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326 /
 

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Distribution Formats

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Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre)

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
1-800-668-6767

http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

forest fire, lakes, peatland, metal accumulation, Northwest Territories
Business Functions

Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN

Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Environment
external.theme.EC_Branch

Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate

Wildlife and Landscape Science
external.theme.GC_Security_Level

Unclassified


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