Growth Rate of an Aquatic Bryophyte (Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske) from a High Arctic Lake: Effect of Nutrient Concentration

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Riis, Tenna, Olesen, Birgit, Katborg, Casper K., Christoffersen, Kirsten S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: High Arctic lakes; aquatic bryophytes; nutrients; growth rates; tissue nutrient; moss; lacs de l’Extrême arctique; bryophytes aquatiques; nutriments; taux de croissance; nutriment dans le tissu; mousse; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Mousse; Arctique*; Climate change
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63709

The High Arctic is one of the regions most susceptible to climate change on a global scale. Increased temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover are anticipated in the region, with consequent increases in nutrient runoff to surface waters. Mosses are often the dominant submerged macrophyte in Arcti...