Limnological characteristics of a High Arctic oasis and comparisons across northern Ellesmere Island

Arctic

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-308

  Keatley, Bronwyn E ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b,c   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian High Arctic; Climate change; DOC; Ellesmere Island; Lake Hazen; Lakes; Limnology; Nutrients; Polar oasis; Ponds

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISLAND; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; OASIS; POND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA; WARMING;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 34548588564     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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