Paleolimnological investigation of the effects of post-1970 reductions of acidic deposition on an acidified Adirondack lake

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-213

  Majewski, Sheena P ^a,b   Cumming, B F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Acidification; Adirondack Park; Big Moose Lake; Chrysophytes; New York; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE POLLUTION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032922844     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008011317213     Document Type: Article

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