Recent eutrophication histories in lac ste. anne and Lake Isle, Alberta, Canada, inferred using paleolimnological methods

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 292-304

  Blais, Jules M ^a   Duff, Katharine E ^a   Schindler, David W ^a   Smol, John P ^b   Leavitt, Peter R ^c   Agbeti, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Eutrophication; Paleolimnology; Pigments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008754180     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140009354237     Document Type: Article

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