Effects of loss of perennial lake ice on mixing and phytoplankton dynamics: Insights from High Arctic Canada

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2010, Pages 56-70

  Veillette, Julie ^a   Martineau, Marie Josée ^a   Antoniades, Dermot ^a   Sarrazin, Denis ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER; GLACIAL LAKE; HALOCLINE; ICE COVER; LIMNOLOGY; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80053013866     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931921     Document Type: Article

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