Spring and Early Summer Temperatures in a Shallow Arctic Pond

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Danks, H.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Arctic; Bathurst Island; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66172

Temperatures were recorded continuously during spring and early summer in a shallow pond on Bathurst Island in the High Arctic; thawing was rapid. After the thaw, seasonal and diel differences within the water and mud showed that frozen substrate had a marked effect on mud temperature, but that the...