Periphytic diatom community structure in thermokarst ecosystems of Nunavik (Québec, Canada)

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Frédéric Bouchard, Valentin Proult, Reinhard Pienitz, Dermot Antoniades, Roxane Tremblay, Warwick F. Vincent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: diatoms; limnology; permafrost; shoreline vegetation; thermokarst lakes; geo; envir; Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Nunavik; Pond Lake; Climate change; Subarctic; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0020; https://doaj.org/article/a05f52a284534ec8ba05db9e4c0f3a0d

Climate change is causing rapid permafrost degradation across Arctic and subarctic regions, resulting in changes in the size, abundance, and structure of thermokarst (thaw) ponds and lakes. The main objectives of this study were to analyze periphytic diatom communities and their affinity to vegetati...