A landscape approach to examining spatial patterns of limnological variables and long-term environmental change in a southern Canadian lake district

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1676-1697

  Quinlan, Roberto ^a,b   Paterson, Andrew M ^b,c   Hall, Roland I ^d   Dillon, Peter J ^e   Wilkinson, Anna N ^b   Cumming, Brian F ^b   Douglas, Marianne S V ^a   Smol, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Chrysophytes; Diatoms; Lake order; Landscape; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0141649330     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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