Diatoms as quantitative indicators of pH and water temperature in subarctic Fennoscandian lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 171-184

  Weckström, Jan ^a   Korhola, Atte ^a   Blom, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fennoscandia; Inference model; pH; Subarctic; Water temperature; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LAKE; PH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0030777264     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003091923476     Document Type: Article

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