Tracking recovery patterns in acidified lakes: A paleolimnological perspective

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 318-326

  Smol, John P ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Dixit, Aruna S ^a   Dixit, Sushil S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SURFACE WATER;

NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0032464012     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1998.06402.x     Document Type: Article

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