Nordicana D107 / DOI : 10.5885/45807CE-325953403A554BFD

Zooplankton abundance and biomass in Arctic lakes and ponds of Southern Victoria Island, Nunavut

Pénélope Blackburn-Desbiens1,2,3, Milla Rautio1,2,3, Guillaume Grosbois4,5,3, Michael Power6 1Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 2Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada 3Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL) 4Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 5Groupe de Recherche en Écologie de la MRC-Abitibi 6University of Waterloo

Abstract

Arctic landscapes are characterized by the presence of many lakes and ponds that exhibit distinct physico-chemical and biological properties. Since 2018, we have been studying the zooplankton communities of more than 22 lakes and 13 freshwater ponds located on southern Victoria Island, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (69°N, 105°W). For each of the lakes and ponds sampled, zooplankton communities were collected and specimens were identified to species. In total, more than 77 different species were found, including 56 rotifers, 6 copepods, 11 cladocerans, 2 fairy shrimps, a mysid and a tadpole shrimp.

Data citation

Blackburn-Desbiens, P., Rautio, M., Grosbois, G., Power, M. 2023. Zooplankton abundance and biomass in Arctic lakes and ponds of Southern Victoria Island, Nunavut, v. 1.1.0 (2018-2019). Nordicana D107, doi: 10.5885/45807CE-325953403A554BFD.

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Key references

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) for the use of the facilities, Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP) for the helicopter support, the Center for Northern Studies (CEN) and the Ekaluktutiak Hunters and Trappers Associationfor the logistical support, and ArcticNet (RCE), Polar Knowledge Canada, the Canada Research Center Chairs Program (NSERC), the Interuniversity Research Group in Limnology (GRIL) as well as the Garfield Weston Foundation for funding.

Nordicana D90 - Concentrations des matériels particulaires et carbone organique dissous et dans la glace de lac nordique avec observations limnologiques associées / Particulate matter and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in northern lake ice with associated limnological observations

Status

Published

Version history

You can request for data from previous versions at nordicana@cen.ulaval.ca.

Version 1.1.0 (2018-2019) - Updated September 18, 2023

Version 1.0 (2018-2019) - Updated November 3, 2022

Measurement sites

	Site	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)

More info	Pond 10	69.280833	-104.752777	32
More info	Cambridge Bay	69	-105	20
More info	1ST Lake	69.2083	-104.7503	9
More info	2ND Lake	69.17416	-104.67	17
More info	Greiner Lake	69.15777	-104.9592	7
More info	CBL13	69.231389	-105.10083	59
More info	CBL15	69.26027	-105.14222	40
More info	CBL16	69.25444	-105.08944	34
More info	ERA1	69.28722	-104.8883	38
More info	ERA 4	69.28944	-104.89611	31
More info	ERA 5	69.23777	-104.85138	16
More info	CBL1	69.17194	-104.06	29
More info	CBL2	69.17222	-104.15583	27
More info	CBL19	69.17666	-104.35444	30
More info	CBL5	69.22305	-104.756666	10
More info	CBL6	69.26	-104.7108333	18
More info	VG3	69.169722	-105.186388	26
More info	VG4	69.16055	-105.15583	20
More info	VG1	69.19055	-104.394722	40
More info	VG2	69.15861	-105.356111	29
More info	LL1	69.103055	-104.5408333	27
More info	LL2	69.07111	-104.4736111	44
More info	CBL7	69.296388	-104.7575	26
More info	VG5	69.17722	-104.085	14
More info	Pond 1	69.18722	-104.76055	13
More info	Pond 2	69.200833	-104.7552778	29
More info	Pond 4	69.15333	-105.19666	29
More info	Pond 5	69.1775	-105.19777	27
More info	Pond 6	69.2	-105.2025	61
More info	Pond 7	69.17333	-105.211944	45
More info	Pond 8	69.18	-104.86444	8
More info	Pond 11	69.27222	-104.88555	34
More info	Pond 12	69.171388	-104.62111	26
More info	Pond 9	69.30944	-104.77222	39
More info	Pond 18	69.285277	-104.75666	32
More info	Pond 3	69.150833	-104.9375	5

Supplementary material

Zooplankton species list

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Sites

Cambridge Bay

1ST Lake

2ND Lake

Greiner Lake

CBL13

CBL15

CBL16

ERA1

ERA 4

ERA 5

CBL1

CBL2

CBL19

CBL5

CBL6

VG3

VG4

VG1

VG2

LL1

LL2

CBL7

VG5

Pond 1

Pond 2

Pond 10

Pond 4

Pond 5

Pond 6

Pond 7

Pond 8

Pond 11

Pond 12

Pond 9

Pond 18

Pond 3

Data

Abundance
08/2018 - 08/2019

Biomass
08/2018 - 08/2019

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