A paleolimnological assessment of recent environmental changes in lakes of the western Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: THIENPONT, Joshua
• Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: permafrost; Arctic; lakes; freshwater; paleolimnology; climate change; ecology; diatom; Mackenzie Delta; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Ice; Sea ice; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7878

The freshwater ecosystems in the western Canadian Arctic are threatened by multiple and interacting stressors, as high-latitude regions are undergoing rapid change resulting from climate warming and other human-related activities. However, due to the paucity or absence of monitoring data, little is...