Climate-driven regime shifts in the biological communities of arctic lakes
University of Bergen · University College London
Abstract
Fifty-five paleolimnological records from lakes in the circumpolar Arctic reveal widespread species changes and ecological reorganizations in algae and invertebrate communities since approximately anno Domini 1850. The remoteness of these sites, coupled with the ecological characteristics of taxa involved, indicate that changes are primarily driven by climate warming through lengthening of the summer growing season and related limnological changes. The widespread distribution and similar character of these changes indicate that the opportunity to study arctic ecosystems unaffected by human influences may have disappeared.
Citation impact
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- 34.13
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- 100%
- References
- 46
Authors
26- JPJohn P. SmolCorresponding
University of Bergen, University College London
- APAlexander P. Wolfe
University of Bergen, University College London
- HJH. J. B. Birks
University of Bergen, University College London
- MSMarianne S. V. Douglas
University of Bergen, University College London
- VJVivienne J. Jones
University of Bergen, University College London
Topics & keywords
- Circumpolar star
- Arctic ecology
- Arctic
- Ecology
- Climate change
- Ecosystem
- Invertebrate
- Algae