Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.12.008
• Publication Date: 2012-01-28T17:48:23Z
• Authors: M.R. Twiss; R.M.L. McKay; R.A. Bourbonniere; G.S. Bullerjahn; H.J. Carrick; R.E.H. Smith; J.G. Winter; N.A. D'souza; P.C. Furey; A.R. Lashaway; M.A. Saxton; S.W. Wilhelm
• Keywords: Limnology; Shelf ice

Abstract The limnology of offshore Lake Erie during periods of extensive (> 70%) ice cover was examined from ship borne sampling efforts in 2007 to 2010, inclusive. Dense and discrete accumulations of the centric filamentous diatom Aulacoseria islandica (> 10 μg Chl- a /L) were located in the isothermal (