From rainforest to wasteland in 100 years: The limnological legacy of the Queenstown mines, Western Tasmania

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-176

  Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^b   Chepstow Lusty, Alex ^c   Tyler, Peter A ^d  

^a c/o British Antarctic Survery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Acidification; Diatoms; Mining; PH; Pollen; Pollution; Queenstown; Tasmania; Word Heritage Area

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEFORESTATION; POLLEN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

(SOUTHWEST); AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUNOTIA;

EID: 0033854240     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/149/2000/153     Document Type: Article

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