Fig. 7.
Boxplots showing the distribution of enrichment factors (EF) for metals (Be, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn) relative to sector-specific pre-1920 baseline concentrations. Enrichment factors were determined for Peace sector (PS; blue) surface sediment and Athabasca sector (AS; red) surface sediment from 2017 and 2018 sampling campaigns. Black dashed line at an EF value of 1.0 indicates no enrichment. Letters denote instances of significant (alpha = 0.05) increase in mean EF relative to pre-1920 baseline, as determined from one-way ANOVA and post-hoc tests