Arcellaceans (thecamoebians): New tools for monitoring long- and short-term changes in lake bottom acidity

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 689-697

  Kumar, A ^a   Patterson, R T ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidity; Arcellaceans; James Lake; Pyrite mine

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; BIOINDICATOR; CANADA; DIFFLUGIA PROTAEIFORMIS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; PYRITE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; IRON; IRON MINES; LAKES; PH; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARCELLA VULGARIS; ARCELLACEANS; CENTROPYXIDS; DIFFLUGIA PROTAEIFORMIS; JAMES LAKE; PYRITE MINE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; MINE WASTE; MONITORING;

CANADA; JAMES LAKE; ONTARIO;

ARCELLA VULGARIS; THECAMOEBA;

EID: 0034177591     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050483     Document Type: Article

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