Submerged Aquatic Bryophytes in Colour Lake, a Naturally Acidic Polar Lake with Occasional Year-Round Ice-Cover

• Main Authors: Ian Hawes, Dale T. Andersew, Wayne H. Pollard
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Heiberg; Arctique*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.522.2001; http://daleandersen.seti.org/Dale_Andersen/Science_articles_files/Hawes et al. 2002.pdf

ABSTRACT. Colour Lake is a small, naturally acidic (pH 3.7) lake on Axel Heiberg Island (Canadian High Arctic) that experiences occasional year-round ice cover. We investigated the benthic vegetation of this lake, with a specific aim of determining whether the annual growth of benthic bryophytes ref...