Functional attributes of epilithic diatoms for palaeoenvironmental interpretations in South-West Greenland lakes

• Main Authors: McGowan, S, Gunn, HV, Whiteford, EJ, John Anderson, N, Jones, VJ, Law, AC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Biofilm; Climate; Taphonomy; Nitrogen-limitation; Seasons; Snowmelt; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10025193/1/10.1007%252Fs10933-017-9968-9.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10025193/

Benthic diatoms are commonly used for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in Arctic regions, but interpretation of their ecology remains challenging. We studied epilithic diatom assemblages from the shallow margins of 19 lakes from three areas (coast-inland-ice sheet margin) along a climate gradient...