Zooplankton abundances of polygon tundra in the Kolyma Delta near Pokhodsk (NE Siberia) sampled in 2012 ...

• Main Authors: Schirrmeister, Lutz, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Pestryakova, Luidmila A, Wetterich, Sebastian, Frolova, Larisa A, Ushnitskaya, Lena A
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: air temperature; electrical conductivity; environmental data; ground temperature; hydrochemical parameters; hydrological data; sediment analysis; Soil Moisture; water temperature; Zooplankton; Event label; Date/Time of event; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Site; Rotaria rotatoria; Rotaria neptunia; Rotaria tardigrada; Rotaria sp.; Testudinella patina; Testudinella bidentata; Testudinella emarginula; Testudinella sp.; Filinia longiseta; Conochilus unicornis; Lecane crenata; Lecane bulla; Lecane stichaea; Lecane ungulata; Lecane cornuta; Lecane flexilis; Lecane luna; Lecane intrasinuata; Lecane lunaris; Lecane sp.; Proales decipiens; Proales sp.; Euchlanis dilatata; Euchlanis meneta; Euchlanis triquetra; Euchlanis lyra; Euchlanis sp.; Eudactylota eudactylota; Notholca caudata; Notholca labis; Notholca squamula; Notholca acuminata; Keratella serrulata; Keratella cochlearis; Keratella sp.; Climate change; permafrost; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.955233; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.955233

Patterned ground of the polygonal tundra yields sensitive indicators of environmental and climate change. Polygon ponds, mires and cryosoils are typical components of Arctic Siberian wetlands underlain by permafrost. Field studies of recent environmental dynamics were carried out within the frame of the joint German-Russian DFG-RFBR project Polygons in tundra wetlands: state and dynamics under climate variability in Polar Regions (POLYGON) field studies were carried out in the Kolyma Delta in 2012 around the small fishing settlement Pokhodsk in summer 2012 and 2013. Using a multidisciplinary approach, several stages of polygonal systems were studied as modern tundra habitats . The floral and faunal associations of the polygonal tundra landscape were described. Ecological, hydrological, meteorological, limnological and cryological features were analyzed in order to evaluate modern environmental conditions and their essential controlling parameters. A monitoring program was carried out to measure changes of ...