Resilience of epilithic algal assemblages in atmospherically and experimentally acidified boreal lakes

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-202

  Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a   Graham, Mark D ^a   Findlay, David L ^b   Turner, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LAKE WATER; PH;

ALGAE; EPILITHON;

EID: 0037562065     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.3.196     Document Type: Article

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42. We would like to thank the John Gunn and the staff of the Freshwater Cooperative Unit and conducting the sampling of epilithon in the Killarney lakes from 1998 to 2000, and Angela Strecker for invaluable data management. This study was supported by grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Environment Canada Science Horizons, and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada to RDV.