Diatoms of Small Water Bodies as Bioindicators in the Assessment of Climatic and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Coast of Tiksi Bay, Russian Arctic

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Sophia Barinova, Viktor Gabyshev, Sergey Genkal, Olga Gabysheva
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: diatoms; lakes; phytoplankton; statistical mapping; bioindicators; Tiksi Bay coast; Yakutia; Arctic; Tiksi; Climate change; Phytoplankton; Tiksi Bay; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081533

A total of 385 species of diatoms were identified in the phytoplankton of 14 small Arctic tundra water bodies in the vicinity of Tiksi Bay. We found that the species composition of phytoplankton in each lake is strictly individual. The ecological preferences of diatom species in the studied water bo...