Evaluating diatom community composition in the absence of marked limnological gradients in the high Arctic: A surface sediment calibration set from Cornwallis Island (Nunavut, Canada)

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1459-1473

  Michelutti, Neal ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal ecology; Arctic Canada; Diatoms; Environmental reconstruction; Lake sediments; Limnology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIMNOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ACHNANTHIDIUM; ACHNANTHIDIUM KRYOPHILA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; NAVICULA; NAVICULA FRUSTULUM; NITZSCHIA PERMINUTA; PSAMMOTHIDIUM;

EID: 34548578972     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0307-x     Document Type: Article

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