The use of sedimentary algal pigments to infer historic algal communities in Lake Apopka, Florida

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-71

  Waters, Matthew N ^a,b   Schelske, Claire L ^a   Kenney, William F ^a   Chapman, Andrew D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c GreenWater Labs/BCI Engineers S   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Phosphorus; Polyphosphate

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE APOPKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 12544249890     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-1691-7     Document Type: Article

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