Environmental Conditions and Vegetation Recovery at Abandoned Drilling Mud Sumps in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

Historical data from oil and gas exploration in the delta of the Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, in the 1970s provided an opportunity to estimate decadal-scale impacts of exploratory oil and gas drilling on native plant communities in low Arctic tundra. We assessed changes in vegetation comp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arctic. - Arctic Institute of North America. - 61(2008), 2, Seite 199-211
1. Verfasser:	Johnstone, Jill F. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Kokelj, Steven V.
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Arctic
Schlagworte:	disturbance drilling mud sumps low Arctic tundra Mackenzie River delta oil and gas exploration permafrost plant communities vegetation classification perturbation bassins à boue de forage mehr... basse toundra arctique delta du fleuve Mackenzie exploration pétrolière et gazière pergélisol peuplements de végétaux classification de la végétation Applied sciences Biological sciences Physical sciences