The littoral zone of polar lakes: inshore–offshore contrasts in an ice-covered High Arctic lake

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Bégin, Paschale N., Rautio, Milla, Tanabe, Yukiko, Uchida, Masaki, Culley, Alexander I., Vincent, Warwick F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Lake; Climate change; Zooplankton; ice covered waters
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0026; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2020-0026; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2020-0026

In ice-covered polar lakes, a narrow ice-free moat opens up in spring or early summer, and then persists at the edge of the lake until complete ice loss or refreezing. In this study, we analyzed the horizontal gradients in Ward Hunt Lake, located in the Canadian High Arctic, and addressed the hypoth...