Assessing impacts of past human activity on the water quality of upper saranac Lake, New York

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-184

  Stager, J Curt ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^b   Dixit, Sushil S ^c  

^a PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adirondacks; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Lead 210; Paleolimnology; Phosphorus; Pigments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000872585     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149709354309     Document Type: Article

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