Lake water salinity and periphytic diatom succession in three subarctic lakes, Yukon Territory

ABSTRACT. Seasonal changes in water chemistry and periphytic diatom assemblages were monitored for a saline, a subsaline, and a freshwater lake in the central Yukon Territory. Athalassic saline lakes, such as these, are believed to be extremely rare in arctic regions. All three study lakes exhibited...

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Main Authors: Allison J. Veres, Reinhard Pienitz, John P. Smol
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.497.8279
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic48-1-63.pdf