Fossil pigments as indicators of phototrophic response to salinity and climatic change in lakes of western Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 668-681

  Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a   Hall, Roland I ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOSSIL PIGMENT; PHOTOTROPHIC COMMUNITY; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ALGAE; ANTELOPE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0031828839     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-263     Document Type: Article

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