Assessing the reliability of salinity inference models from diatom assemblages: An examination of a 219-lake data set from western North America

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1580-1594

  Wilson, Susan E ^a   Gumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LAKE CHEMISTRY; SALINITY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0030303503     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-094     Document Type: Article

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