Lake Water Salinity and Periphytic Diatom Succession in Three Subarctic Lakes, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Veres, Allison J., Pienitz, Reinhard, Smol, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Chemical properties; Diatoms; Evaporation; Fresh-water biology; Fresh-water ecology; Lakes; Plant succession; Salinity; Water level; Pelly Crossing region; Yukon; Arctic; Canada; Lac d'Eau Douce; Les Trois Lacs; Pelly Crossing; Saline Lake; Arctique*; Subarctic; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64280

Seasonal changes in water chemistry and periphytic diatom assemblages were monitored for a saline, a subsaline, and freshwater lake in the central Yukon Territory. Athalassic saline lakes, such as these, are believed to be extremely rare in arctic regions. All three study lakes exhibited a gradual s...