Polygon ponds and their ostracode assemblages as bioindicators in the Indigirka Lowland (north-east Siberia)

• Main Author: Schneider, Andrea
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) 2013
• Subjects: arctic limnology; polygon ponds; biological indicators; freshwater ostracods; stable water isotopes; Arctic; Indigirka; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-94118

Freshwater ostracods (crustacea, ostracoda) are sensitive to environmental conditions, and are widely used as biological indicators for past and present environmental changes. The abundance and diversity of ostracods from permafrost areas is currently documented in scattered records with incomplete...