Freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic
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The Arctic, which may be of a surprise, is home to an abundant and diverse range of freshwater ecosystems including lakes, ponds, rivers and streams in addition to deltas and wetlands. Some of the rivers and associated deltas located in the Arctic are the world’s largest including the Lena, Ob and Yenisei.
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Water, Free Full-Text
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What is happening to arctic lakes and why should we care? – A DIP
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Successful FACE-IT contributions at the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2023 - FACE IT PROJECT
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Strategies of thermal adaptation by high‐latitude cyanobacteria - TANG - 1999 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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Figure 2 from The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and
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PDF) High Methylmercury in Arctic and Subarctic Ponds is Related to Nutrient Levels in the Warming Eastern Canadian Arctic
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FISHSCAPE: Adaptability of a key Arctic freshwater species to
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Increasing Arctic freshwater is driven by climate change