Spatial patterns of modern diatom distribution and multiple paleolimnological records from a small arctic lake on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Wolfe, Alexander P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Baffin Island; Canada; Arctic Lake; Cumberland Peninsula; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b96-054; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b96-054

The assumption that within-lake, deep-water sedimentary diatom assemblages are relatively uniform and that a single core is sufficient to depict lake ontogeny was tested for a small tarn on the southwestern Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, Northwest Territories. Diatom transport and deposition...