Algal responses to dissolved organic carbon loss and pH decline during whole-lake acidification: Evidence from paleolimnology

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 757-773

  Leavitt, P R ^a   Findlay, D L ^b   Hall, R I ^d   Smol, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

EID: 0032954202     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0757     Document Type: Article

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