Nutrient enrichment in the High Arctic associated with Thule Inuit whalers: A paleolimnological investigation from Ellesmere Island (Nunavut, Canada)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-138

  Hadley, Kristopher R ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b   Blais, Jules M ^c   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archeology; Arctic; Diatoms; Ellesmere Island; Nitrogen; Paleolimnology; Thule; Whaling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARCTIC; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CLIMATE WARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; HIGH ARCTIC; HUMAN POPULATION; HUMAN WASTE; LIMNOLOGICAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERIES; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; WATER LEVELS;

NUTRIENTS;

ABUNDANCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WARMING; WATER LEVEL; WHALE; WHALING;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

AMPHORA OVALIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALAENIDAE; CRATICULA HALOPHILA;

EID: 77952425602     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0235-6     Document Type: Article

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