Ecosystem responses of shallow thermokarst lakes to climate-driven hydrological change: Insights from long-term monitoring of periphytic diatom community composition at Old Crow Flats (Yukon, Canada)

• Published in: Science Progress
• Main Authors: Mohammed, Wathiq J, MacDonald, Lauren A, Thomas, Kathryn E, McDonald, Ian, Turner, Kevin W, Wolfe, Brent B, Hall, Roland I
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2023
• Subjects: Progress in Assessing Vulnerability of Freshwater Ecosystems; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Old Crow Flats; Old Crow; Subarctic; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358572/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37321662; https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504231181452

Shallow waterbodies are abundant in Arctic and subarctic landscapes where they provide productive wildlife habitat and hold cultural and socioeconomic importance for Indigenous communities. Their vulnerability to climate-driven hydrological and limnological changes enhances a need for long-term moni...