Arctic Char Otolith Records of Recent Limnological Change in High Arctic Lakes

• Main Author: Roberts, Kate
• Other Authors: Geography and Planning, Lamoureux, Scott F.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Limnology; High Arctic; Otolith; Geochemistry; Climate Change; Arctic Char; Arctic; Nunavut; Cape Bounty; East Lake; Climate change; permafrost; Salvelinus alpinus; Melville Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15341

Arctic lakes have been undergoing significant physical and chemical changes in recent years due to climate warming and permafrost thaw. These changes have the potential to impact organisms residing in these environments such as Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) which represent the top predatory fish...