Arcellacean (thecamoebian) evidence of land-use change and eutrophication in Frenchman's Bay, Pickering, Ontario

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 729-739

  Reinhardt, E G ^a   Little, M ^b   Donato, S ^a   Findlay, D ^b   Krueger, A ^b   Clark, C ^a   Boyce, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arcellaceans; Canada; Eutrophication; Lake Ontario; Magnetic susceptibility; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FERTILIZERS; LAKES; LAND USE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEWERS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; FRENCHMAN'S BAY; URBANIZATION;

EUTROPHICATION;

EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER; LAND USE CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; LAND USE; SEWERS; WATER SHEDS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CUCURBITELLA; CUCURBITELLA TRICUSPIS;

EID: 16644362558     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1213-y     Document Type: Article

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