Matching diatom assemblages in lake sediment cores and modern surface sediment samples: The implications for lake conservation and restoration with special reference to acidified systems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 27-40

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL DIATOM; LAKE SEDIMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UK, SCOTLAND, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, LOCH DEE; UK, SCOTLAND, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, ROUND LOCH OF GLENHEAD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030617097     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002941908602     Document Type: Article

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