A palaeolimnological record of diatom-community dynamics and late-Holocene climatic changes from Prescott Island, Nunavut, central Canadian Arctic

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 803-812

  Finkelstein, Sarah A ^a,b   Gajewski, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biodiversity; Canada; Climatic change; Diatoms; Lake sediments; Late Holocene

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; PRESCOTT ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 35748960543     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607080521     Document Type: Article

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