FRESHWATER DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES FROM 23 LAKES LOCATED NEAR NORILSK, SIBERIA: A COMPARISON WITH ASSEMBLAGES FROM OTHER CIRCUMPOLAR TREELINE REGIONS

Diatom Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-305

  Laing, Tamsin E ^a,b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^b   Smol, John R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; TREELINE;

NORILSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

CYCLOTELLA; FRAGILARIA NANANA; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 0033375149     PISSN: 0269249X     EISSN: 21598347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.1999.9705471     Document Type: Article

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