Climatically controlled chemical and biological development in Arctic lakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Michelutti, Neal ^a,b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^a   Briner, Jason P ^c   Miller, Gifford H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE FORCING; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE EVOLUTION; LAKE WATER; LIMNOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 36249026186     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000396     Document Type: Article

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