Holocene environmental history of thermokarst lakes on Richards Island, Northwest Territories, Canada: Thecamoebians as paleolimnological indicators

• Main Authors: Baltimore, A. (Audrey), Schroder-Adams, C. (Claudia), Dallimore, S.R. (Scott R.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Arctic; Holocene; Paleolimnology; Thecamoebians; Thermokarst lakes; Northwest Territories; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; permafrost; Richards Island; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/23411; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008184522637

Richards Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, is characterized by thermokarst lakes which record Holocene limnological change. This study is the first report of thecamoebian assemblages and continuous annual lake water temperatures from these Arctic lakes. Ecological environments on Richards Islan...