Table 1 Pigments in the benthic mats and phytoplankton of Ward Hunt Lake.

From: Water column gradients beneath the summer ice of a High Arctic freshwater lake as indicators of sensitivity to climate change

 

WH1

WH2

WH3

Concentration (mg m-2)

Chl a benthic mats

841

65

148

Chl a water columna

3.7

2.7

3.4

Carotenoids benthic mats

642

29

99

Carotenoids water columna

2.6

2.3

2.7

  1. Benthic core samples were from three mid-lake locations (WH1, WH2 and WH3) collected in July 2015. Total benthic pigment stocks per unit area are given for comparison with phytoplankton values integrated for the overlying water column at each site.
  2. aIntegration using the mean concentrations from three samples at each of the two depths: 2.2 and 7.5 m.
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