Diatom species–environment relationships and inference models from Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, Canadian High Arctic

• Main Authors: Dermot Antoniades, Marianne S. V. Douglas, John P. Smol
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Key words; diatoms; High Arctic; biogeography; species–environment relationships; inference models; conductivity; Arctic; Ellef Ringnes Island; Isachsen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.469.4218; http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/warwickvincent/PDFfiles/Antoniades2004.pdf

Surface sediment diatom assemblages were examined from 26 freshwater sites near Isachsen (78 47 ¢ N, 103 32 ¢ W), Ellef Ringnes Island, a region of diverse and atypical water chemistry for high arctic sites. One hundred and sixty eight diatom taxa were identified from these samples, over 50 % of whi...