Hydrographic Changes in Nares Strait (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) in Recent Decades Based on δ18O Profiles of Bivalve Shells

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Torres, Marta E., Zima, Daniela, Falkner, Kelly K., Macdonald, Robie W., O'Brien, Mary, Schöne, Bernd R., Siferd, Tim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Nares Strait; bivalves; time series; oxygen isotopes; salinity; fresh water; Arctique; détroit de Nares; série chronologique; isotope de l’oxygène; salinité; eau douce; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Détroit de Nares; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Mer du Labrador; Nares; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; Baffin; Canadian Archipelago; Groenland; Labrador Sea; Nares strait
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67127

Nares Strait is one of three main passages of the Canadian Archipelago that channel relatively fresh seawater from the Arctic Ocean through Baffin Bay to the Labrador Sea. Oxygen isotopic profiles along the growth axis of bivalve shells, collected live over the 5 – 30 m depth range from the Greenlan...