Water quality changes from human activities in three Northeastern USA Lakes

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-321

  Dixit, Sushil S ^a   Dixit, Aruna S ^a   Smol, John P ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b   Paulsen, Steven G ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chrysophytes; Diatoms; Geochemistry; Northeastern USA; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008217228     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140009354238     Document Type: Article

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