Physical processes driving phytoplankton production around Southampton Island, Nunavut in late summer 2018 and 2019

• Main Author: Kitching, Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Mundy, C.J., Michel, Christine, Higgins, Scott (Environment and Geography), Kuzyk, Zou Zou (Earth Sciences)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Southampton Island; Phytoplankton production; phytoplankton bloom; Hudson Bay; P-E curve; Arctic; Foxe Basin; Foxe Channel; Frozen Strait; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Nunavut; Roes Welcome Sound; Climate change; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36865

Climate change impacts have brought up the need for a better understanding of the rapidly changing ecosystem of the Arctic. Arctic marine ecosystems, such as around Southampton Island in Hudson Bay, are supported by phytoplankton production. In turn, phytoplankton production, which is influenced by...