Limnology of Garrow Lake, NWT, Canada

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Dickman, M., Ouellet, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Canada; Talik; Cornwallis; Little Cornwallis Island; Cornwallis Island; Ice; permafrost; Polar Record; wedge*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400008044; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400008044

ABSTRACT Garrow Lake (area 418 ha, greatest depth 47 m), Little Cornwallis Island, NWT, Canada, is the northernmost recorded hypersaline meromictic lake, Covered 11 months annually with ice up to 2.4 m thick and internally stratified, its waters at 20 m reach temperatures of 9.1°C from solar heating...