Carbon fixation by phytoplankton in high Arctic lakes: Implications of low temperature for photosynthesis

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Markager, Stiig, Vincent, Warwick F., Tang, Evonne P.Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; ice algae; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0597; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1999.44.3.0597; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0597

Photosynthesis vs. irradiance relationships were determined for phytoplankton communities from seven lakes in the Canadian high Arctic, including ultraoligotrophic Char Lake, nutrient‐enriched Meretta Lake, and two meromictic lakes. The derived photosynthetic parameters were low for all samples, wit...