Subarctic tidal flats in areas of large tidal range, southern Baffin Island, eastern Canada.

Abstract

Summer field investigations were carried out at two sites, Koojesse Inlet on Frobisher Bay, where ice breakup conditions were also monitored, and Pangnirtung Fiord off Cumberland Sound. The results are summarized under three headings: physical and biological zonation across the tidal flats; tidal action and sea ice processes; and geological evolution of the tidal flats. Comparisons are made with similar settings described by others in Labrador and Ungava Bay.-from Authors