Effects of retrogressive permafrost thaw slumping on benthic macrophyte and invertebrate communities of upland tundra lakes

• Main Author: Mesquita, Patricia S.
• Other Authors: Wrona, Fred J., Prowse, Terry D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: climate change; permafrost; arctic; macrophytes; invertebrate; chemistry; sediment; benthic; benthos; global warming; thaw slumps; tundra; Inuvik; lake; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology::Ecology; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology::Limnology; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology; Arctic; Climate change; Global warming; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1041

Global warming is forecast to cause significant thawing of the permafrost that surrounds lakes and rivers across the Arctic, with potential wide-scale effects on the water quality and biotic characteristics of these water bodies. The benthic environment is believed to be especially sensitive to perm...