Milne fiord epishelf lake: A coastal arctic ecosystem vulnerable to climate change

Ecoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-316

  Veillette, Julie ^a   Lovejoy, Connie ^b   Potvin, Marianne ^b   Harding, Tommy ^a   Jungblut, Anne D ^a,d   Antoniades, Dermot ^a   Chénard, Caroline ^c   Suttle, Curtis A ^c   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Arctic; bacteria; cyanobacteria; extremophiles; phytoplankton; protists; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEL; HABITAT TYPE; HALOCLINE; ICE SHELF; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 83155165234     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/18-3-3443     Document Type: Article

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