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Dance your PhD - 2014 Dance of the diatoms. I examine the periphytic (living on a substrate) algae (the diatoms) in Arctic lakes and ponds and how they shift in response to climate change. In particular, the duration of the ice free season (i.e. the growing season) and establishment of mosses and aquatic vegetation appear to be the primary drivers of algal assemblage change. I collect lake and pond sediment and, based on the fossil remains of the diatoms and the relationships