Department
Department of Geography
Organization
Université Laval
Email
reinhard.pienitz@cen.ulaval.ca
Phone
418-656-2131 ext 7006
Address
Centre d’Etudes Nordiques
Québec City , Quebec G1V 0A6Canada

Science Specialties

paleolimnology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology

Current Research

Effects of climate warming and ozone depletion on the underwater light fields of northern lakes. Treeline dynamics of northern circumpolar regions. Paleolimnological history of lakes in arctic regions. Responses of high-latitude aquatic food webs to global change. Environmental trend analysis for drinking water reservoirs and streams. Diatom analysis, chironomid analysis at northern treeline in Quebec and Labrador, Yukon and Alaska, Canadian West Coast, New England and Canadian Arctic.