The littoral zone of polar lakes: inshore–offshore contrasts in an ice-covered High Arctic lake

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Paschale N. Bégin, Milla Rautio, Yukiko Tanabe, Masaki Uchida, Alexander I. Culley, Warwick F. Vincent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: lake zonation; lake ice; food webs; microbial mats; underwater light; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Climate change; Zooplankton; ice covered waters
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0026; https://doaj.org/article/1cbf399250b549db9f8e0e48a805b17f

In ice-covered polar lakes, a narrow ice-free moat opens up in spring or early summer, and then persists at the edge of the lake until complete ice loss or refreezing. In this study, we analyzed the horizontal gradients in Ward Hunt Lake, located in the Canadian High Arctic, and addressed the hypoth...