Protist enumerations from lakes and fiords along the northern coastline of Ellesmere Island (Ward Hunt Island observatory)

• Main Authors: Vincent, Warwick, Charvet, Sophie, Veillette, Julie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2012
• Subjects: Abundance; Diversity; Ellesmere Island; Lake A; Phytoplankton; Protists; Taxonomy; Water column; ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada; International Polar Year-Microbial Biodiversity of High Arctic Ecosystems; Arctic; Canada; Ward Hunt Island; Milne Fiord; Island Lake; Hunt Island; ArcticNet; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/10927; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=10927

Protist samples were taken using a 6.2 L Kemmerer sampler, transferred to acid-washed, opaque 20 L plastic containers and stored in the dark at 4°C until processing. They were preserved with paraformaldehyde (0.1% final concentration) and glutaraldehyde (1% final concentration) in duplicate 50 mL po...