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TABLE 10. Mean annual <strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> phosphorus (PP) <strong>in</strong> suspended<br />

<strong>sediments</strong> <strong>of</strong> selected Mackenzie <strong>and</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e River watersheds,<br />

1.971-73, <strong>and</strong> mole ratios <strong>of</strong> C, N <strong>and</strong> P <strong>in</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong>,<br />

calculated from PPa , PNa <strong>and</strong> PC a . TDPa = Annual mass <strong>of</strong> Total<br />

Dtssolved Phosphorus .<br />

River<br />

10 6 Moles PPa<br />

yr -1<br />

10 3 Moles T7w<br />

km-2 yr -1<br />

TDPQ PP a<br />

PC :PN :PP<br />

GROUP 1<br />

Arctic Red 52 .3 2 .90 0.173 84 :4 .3 :1<br />

Peel 58 .5 0 .836 0 .179 188 :11 :1<br />

Mackenzie (Norman Wells) 1400 0 .892 0 .197 162 :5 .6 :1<br />

Liard (Ft . Liard) 167 0 .755 0 .329 -149 :8 .1 :1<br />

Liard (Ft . Simpson) 233 0 .939 0 .166 73 :7 .1 :1<br />

South Nahanni (Clausen CreekT Creekf 38 .3 1 .14 0 .335 183 :7 .8 :1<br />

South Nahanni (Virg<strong>in</strong>ia Falls) 7 .91 0 . .542. 0 .342 169 :13 .6 :1<br />

GROUP 2<br />

. Willowlake 1 .87 0 .087 0 .622 '134 :25 :1<br />

Mart<strong>in</strong> 0 .089 0 .045 0 .640 506 :5 .9 :1<br />

Harris 0 .006 0 .008 1 .41 166 :14 :1<br />

Caribou Bar 0 .040 0 .1 .05 1 .69 150 :9 .5 :1<br />

GROUP 3<br />

Mackenzie (Ft . Providence) 44 .8 0 .046 1 .32 174 :16 :1<br />

Trout 0 .469 0 .052 2 .64 226 :15 :1<br />

Great Bear 5 .90 0 .040 4 .16 181 :12 :1

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