The planktonic diatom flora of a high arctic lake in East Greenland:

• Main Author: Cremer, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Geosciences; community composition; diatom; lacustrine environment; morphology; oligotrophic environment; physicochemical property; taxonomy; water depth; Arctic; Greenland; Bacillariophyta; Cyclotella ocellata; Fragilaria tenera; Gavia arctica; Arctic Lake; Geographical Society Ø; Arctic Loon; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2e1dcb95-45e0-410f-bc2e-dfb9fcc35492

The physico-chemical characteristics and the planktonic diatom flora were studied in high arctic Loon Lake (Geographical Society Ø, East Greenland). Loon Lake is a cold, monomictic, alkaline, low conductive and likely oligotrophic lake with a maximum water depth of 11.70 m and a low diversity of pla...