Modern diatom assemblages from lake sediments in the boreal–arctic transition region near the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Koivo, L. K., Ritchie, J. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b78-112; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b78-112

Surface lake mud samples from 20 lake sites across the transition from northern boreal forest to tundra, near the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., yielded 284 taxa of diatoms of wide-ranging, mainly subarctic–boreal–nemoral geographical affinity. The ionic composition of the water column shows that 17 of th...