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Spatial Distribution of Diatom Surface Sediment Assemblages on the Laptev Sea Shelf (Russian Arctic)

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Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic

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The spatial distribution of diatom assemblages was investigated in surface sediments from the Laptev Sea shelf. Diatoms are an abundant and diverse microfossil component in these sediment samples. A total of 345 diatom taxa from 56 genera could be identified with freshwater diatoms contributing up to 62% of the total taxa number. However, diatom assemblages are dominated by a few planktic species. A factor analysis of 21 species and species groups from 75 surface sediment samples was carried out. Four factors (= diatom assemblages) could be extracted. They are the ice algae assemblage, the freshwater diatom assemblage, the Chaetoceros assemblage, and the Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii assemblage. The spatial distribution pattern of these assemblages in sediments of the Laptev Sea shelf shows a distinct relationship to oceanography. Parameters mainly affecting the composition and distribution of diatom sediment assemblages on the Laptev Sea shelf are the sea-ice conditions, the freshwater influx by Siberian rivers, and, controlled by the river water influx, the salinity of surface waters.

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Cremer, H. (1999). Spatial Distribution of Diatom Surface Sediment Assemblages on the Laptev Sea Shelf (Russian Arctic). In: Kassens, H., et al. Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60134-7_41

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