Periphyton assemblages as indicators of recovery in acidified Canadian Shield lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1557-1568

  Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a,b   Graham, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; NATURAL RECOVERY; PERIPHYTON ASSEMBLAGE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD;

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ACTINOTAENIUM CUCURBITA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CUCURBITA; CYLINDROCYSTIS BREBISSONII; CYMBELLA MICROCEPHALA; DESMIDIALES; EUNOTIA BACTRIANA; FRAGILARIA ACIDOBIONTICA; GOMPHONEMA ACUMINATUM; HOMOEOTHRIX JULIANA; MICROCEPHALA; TETMEMORUS LAEVIS; ZYGOGONIUM ERICETORUM;

EID: 0030733242     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-063     Document Type: Article

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