Responses of Fragilarioid-dominated diatom assemblages in a small Arctic lake to Holocene climatic changes, Russell Island, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1079-1095

  Finkelstein, S A ^a   Gajewski, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Fragilariaceae; Lake sediments; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology; Polar regions

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POLAR REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; RUSSELL ISLAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIACEAE; PSEUDOSTAUROSIRA; STAUROSIRA; STAUROSIRA CONSTRUENS; STAUROSIRELLA; STAUROSIRELLA PINNATA;

EID: 52549111862     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9215-5     Document Type: Article

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