Emergence of steeply stratified permafrost thaw ponds changes zooplankton ecology in subarctic freshwaters

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Maxime Wauthy, Milla Rautio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: thaw ponds; zooplankton; stratification; hypoxia; top-down predation; phytoplankton; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Browning; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Climate change; permafrost; Phytoplankton; Subarctic; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2020.1753412; https://doaj.org/article/a69a3da20a814fffacc50fbf6014373d

Climate change and associated permafrost thaw are creating new shallow waterbodies in vast regions of the circumpolar Arctic. These thaw ponds are characterized by high concentrations of colored dissolved organic matter originating from the degrading watershed, inducing a strong vertical thermal and...