This dataset includes cores collected from lakes near Schefferville and Fermont, QC. Sediment cores were collected for the purpose of extracting DNA from Daphnia and copepod resting stages, as well as enumerating the zooplankton subfossils contained in the sediment. Cores will also be Pb210 dated, analysed for magnetic susceptibility and processed for sedimentary pigments. Water chemistry, bathymetry, paleo data.
Data holder(s)
Data collector(s)
- Other institutions
- OBV Duplessis
- Funding source(s)
- QCBS, Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP), NSERC
- Dataset format
- Excel spreadsheets (.xls and .csv)
- Additional information
- Processing of cores and organisms currently in progress.
- Number of sites
- 10
- Site description
- Six lakes surrounding the town of Schefferville, QC and four lakes surrounding the town of Fermont, QC.
- Habitat
- Surface sediments and sediment columns of varied lakes.
- Environment
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Aquatic
- Taxa studied
- Daphnia and calanoid copepod resting stages
- Taxonomic information
-
Crustaceans
- Study design
- Lakes were selected on a gradient of disturbance. Two cores were extracted from each lake selected, extruded at 0.25cm intervals and immediately frozen.
- Study status
-
Ongoing
- Sampling approaches
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Active sampling (e.g. electrofishing, plant vouchers)
- Study goals
-
Paleo-study
- Frequency of sampling
- One time sampling.
- First year of data collection
- 2012
- Last year of data collection
- 2012
