Spatial patterns of modern diatom distribution and multiple paleolimnological records from a small arctic lake on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 435-449

  Wolfe, Alexander P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Baffin Island; Diatoms; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND, CUMBERLAND PENINSULA;

ACHNANTHES ALTAICA; AULACOSEIRA DISTANS; EUNOTIA; FRAGILARIA; PINNULARIA BICEPS;

EID: 0029668361     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-054     Document Type: Article

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