Predicting the long-term acidification trends in small subarctic lakes using diatoms

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1021-1034

  Korhola, Atte ^a   Weckström, Jan ^a   Nyman, Marjut ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Lapland; Modern calibration data set; pH history; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOINDICATOR; CALCIUM; DIATOM; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAKE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; DIATOM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PREDICTION;

FINLAND;

EID: 0033395910     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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