Seasonal Development of Ice Algae Near Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Welch, H. E., Bergmann, M. A., Siferd, T. D., Amarualik, P. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Chesterfield Inlet; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f91-280; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f91-280

Ice algal chlorophyll a, (Chl), an estimator of biomass, was measured throughout the growing season (March–May) near Chesterfield Inlet on the northwest coast of Hudson Bay (63°30′N). The log 10 transformation of Chl per square metre was a negative linear function of snow depth at any given date and...