Past trophic status and hypolimnetic anoxia during eutrophication and remediation of Gravenhurst Bay, Ontario: Comparison of diatoms, chironomids, and historical records

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-341

  Little, Joanne L ^a,c   Quinlan, Roberto ^a   Smol, John P ^a   Hall, Roland I ^b,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BIOINDICATOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CANADA; EUTROPHICATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOINDICATOR; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA; GRAVENHURST BAY; ONTARIO;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034118884     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-235     Document Type: Article

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