Shallow freshwater ecosystems of the circumpolar Arctic

M Rautio, F Dufresne, I Laurion, S Bonilla… - Ecoscience, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Arctic permafrost landscapes in transition: towards an integrated Earth system approach

WF Vincent, M Lemay, M Allard - Arctic Science, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Permafrost science and engineering are of vital importance for northern development and
climate adaptation given that buildings, roads, and other infrastructure in many parts of the …

Rare earth elements in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems in the eastern Canadian Arctic

GA MacMillan, J Chételat, JP Heath… - … Science: Processes & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Few ecotoxicological studies exist for rare earth elements (REEs), particularly field-based
studies on their bioaccumulation and food web dynamics. REE mining has led to significant …

Arctic climate change: Local impacts, global consequences, and policy implications

WF Vincent - The Palgrave handbook of Arctic policy and politics, 2020 - Springer
The Arctic is warming more rapidly than most other parts of the world, and many impacts of
climate change are now observed throughout the region. Summer sea ice extent has …

High methane emissions from thermokarst lakes in subarctic peatlands

A Matveev, I Laurion, BN Deshpande… - Limnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The thawing and subsidence of frozen peat mounds (palsas) in permafrost landscapes
results in the formation of organic‐rich thermokarst lakes. We examined the effects of palsa …

Bacterial community structure across environmental gradients in permafrost thaw ponds: methanotroph-rich ecosystems

S Crevecoeur, WF Vincent, J Comte… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Permafrost thawing leads to the formation of thermokarst ponds that potentially emit CO2
and CH4 to the atmosphere. In the Nunavik subarctic region (northern Québec, Canada) …

[HTML][HTML] A trained Mask R-CNN model over PlanetScope imagery for very-high resolution surface water map** in boreal forest-tundra

P Freitas, G Vieira, J Canário, WF Vincent… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Small water bodies (< 0.01 km 2) showing diverse limnological properties occur in
great abundance across the boreal forest and tundra landscapes of the Arctic and Subarctic …

Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds to the Atmosphere from Photochemistry in Thermokarst Ponds in Subarctic Canada

D Fillion, S Perrier, M Riva, C George… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Climate warming is accelerating the thawing of permafrost, which contains almost twice as
much carbon as the atmosphere, to a point where a large quantity of dissolved organic …

Climate impacts on Arctic lake ecosystems

WF Vincent, I Laurion, R Pienitz… - Climatic change and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Lakes and ponds are major features of the Arctic landscape, and span a diverse range of
environmental conditions, from dilute, glacier-fed meltwaters to nutrient-rich tundra ponds …

How do climate and topography influence the greening of the forest‐tundra ecotone in northern Québec? A dendrochronological analysis of Betula glandulosa

P Ropars, E Lévesque, S Boudreau - Journal of Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
NDVI analysis and repeated aerial photographs have revealed significant shrub expansion
in many subarctic regions. While the recent increase in temperature is usually considered to …