Limnological data and diatoms diversity in lakes of Tursujuq national park

The aim of the project is to conduct the first comprehensive, integrated assessment of the past, present and future status of the aquatic ecosystems of Tursujuq National Park. We will address the critical lack of data about the current state of the parks lakes, develop proxy records that will help understand past climate change, and combine these two datasets to predict how ecosystems will respond in the future to human impacts and changing climates. The project will have three specific objectives: a) Determining the baseline limnological conditions for lakes in Tursujuq National Park; b) developing bioindicators for monitoring future environmental change in Tursujuq National Park; and c) reconstructing possible human impacts on the parks lakes through analysis of sediment cores.