Palaeolimnological evidence for recent chemical and biological changes in U.K. Acid Waters Monitoring Network sites

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 203-219

  Juggins, S ^a   Flower, R J ^b   Battarbee, R W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID WATERS MONITORING NETWORK; ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; LAKE; LAKE WATER QUALITY; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

UK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030304956     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00079.x     Document Type: Review

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