Long-term environmental monitoring in Arctic lakes and ponds using diatoms and other biological indicators

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Smol, John P ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE SEDIMENT; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; TUNDRA;

EID: 0030323862     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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