Wildfire impacts on phytoplankton communities of three small lakes on the Boreal Plain, Alberta, Canada: A paleolimnological study

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 584-593

  Charette, T ^a   Prepas, E E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 10844255852     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F03-049     Document Type: Article

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