Local physiographic controls on the responses of Arctic lakes to climate warming in Sirmilik National Park, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-39

  Devlin, Jane E ^a   Finkelstein, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Island; Bylot Island; Climate change; Diatoms; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; SAMPLING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BAFFIN ISLAND; BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT; SIRMILIK NATIONAL PARK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78650430043     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9477-6     Document Type: Article

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