Quantifying the vulnerability of Arctic water supply lakes through paleolimnological assessment: The case of Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Cincio, Paige, Medeiros, Andrew Scott, Wesche, Sonia D, Gajewski, Konrad
• Other Authors: Polar Knowledge Canada, crown-indigenous relations and northern affairs canada, Dalhousie University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2021
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Arctic; Canada; Igloolik; Nunavut; Climate change
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836211003234; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09596836211003234; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/09596836211003234

Anthropogenic stressors to freshwater environments have perpetuated water quality and quantity challenges for communities across Arctic Canada, making drinking water resources a primary concern for northern peoples. To understand the ecological trajectory of lakes used as freshwater supply, we condu...