Phytoplankton community structure in the Lena Delta (Siberia, Russia) in relation to hydrography

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Kraberg, Alexandra, Druzhkova, Elena, Heim, Birgit, Löder, Martin, Wiltshire, Karen Helen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Copernicus 2013
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Climate change; Ice; laptev; Laptev Sea; lena delta; lena river; permafrost; Phytoplankton; Siberia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/31959/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40949

The Lena Delta in Northern Siberia is one of the largest river deltas in the world. During peak discharge, after the ice melt in spring, it delivers between 60–8000 m3 s−1 of water and sediment into the Arctic Ocean. The Lena Delta and the Laptev Sea coast also constitute a continuous permafrost reg...