An experimental and palaeoecological study of algal responses to lake acidification and liming in three central Swedish lakes

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-48

  Anderson, N John ^a   Blomqvist, Peter ^b   Renberg, Ingemar ^c  

^a Environ Hist and Climate Dept   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Central Sweden; Diatoms; Palaeolimnology; PH; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031461480     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026296001035     Document Type: Article

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