Local extirpation of Stephanodiscus niagarae (Bacillariophyceae) in the recent limnological record of Lake Ontario

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 766-771

  Julius, Matthew L ^a   Stoermer, Eugene F ^a   Taylor, Christine M ^b   Schelske, Claire L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diatom(s); Eutrophication; Extirpation; Great Lakes; Paleoecology; Paleolimnology Stephanodiscus

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LAKE; POPULATION DECLINE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

STEPHANODISCUS NIAGARAE;

EID: 0031759279     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340766.x     Document Type: Article

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