Arcellaceans (thecamoebians) as proxies of arsenic and mercury contamination in northeastern Ontario lakes

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-183

  Patterson, R Timothy ^a   Barker, Thomas ^a   Burbidge, Susan M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACULEATA; ALGAE; ARCELLA VULGARIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CENTROPYXIDAE; CENTROPYXIS; CENTROPYXIS ACULEATA; CUCURBITELLA; CUCURBITELLA TRICUSPIS; SPIROGYRA;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER QUALITY; MINE WASTE; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030111876     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.26.2.172     Document Type: Article

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