Shallow Freshwater Ecosystems of the Circumpolar Arctic

• Published in: Écoscience (Sainte-Foy) Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 204 - 222
• Main Authors: Rautio, Milla, Dufresne, France, Laurion, Isabelle, Bonilla, Sylvia, Vincent, Warwick F., Christoffersen, Kirsten S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Université Laval 01.09.2011; Université Laval; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Alaska; algae; Arctic ponds; Arctic region; bacteria; bactéries; bactéries; biodiversity; biomass; Bodies of water; Canada; Carbon; changements climatiques; climate change; dissolved organic carbon; Freshwater; Freshwater ecosystems; global warming; grazing; greenhouse gases; Greenland; growing season; Lakes; Lentic systems; Limnology; microbial activity; photostability; Phytoplankton; Ponds; primary producers; primary productivity; producteurs primaires; Scandinavia; Species; surface water; trophic relationships; ultraviolet radiation; water temperature; watersheds; winter; zooplancton; Zooplankton; étangs arctiques; étangs arctiques; Canada; Alaska; Scandinavia; Arctic region; Greenland; Finland, Kilpisjaervi; USA, Alaska
• ISSN: 1195-6860; 2376-7626; 2376-7626
• DOI: 10.2980/18-3-3463

This review provides a synthesis of limnological data and conclusions from studies on ponds and small lakes at our research sites in Subarctic and Arctic Canada, Alaska, northern Scandinavia, and Greenland. Many of these water bodies contain large standing stocks of benthic microbial mats that grow...