Effects of shoreline retrogressive thermokarst slumping on the productivity and food web structure of upland Arctic lakes: an experimental approach.

• Main Author: Moquin, Paul
• Other Authors: Wrona, Frederick John
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Aquatic Ecology; Arctic ecosystems; Climate change; Permafrost degradation; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Inuvik; Northwest Territories; permafrost; Phytoplankton; Thermokarst; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3748

To assess the affects of permafrost degradation on key components of the aquatic food web, an in situ manipulative mesocosm experiment was performed in an upland, unslumped Arctic lake located near Inuvik, Northwest Territories. In total, twelve replicate mesocosms were established, 3 control and 3...