The palaeolimnological potential of diatom assemblages in floodplain lakes of the Danube Delta, Romania: A pilot study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 7-26

  Cremer, Holger ^a   Buijse, Anthonie D ^b   Lotter, André F ^a   Oosterberg, Willem ^b   Staras, Mircea ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c DDNI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Danube Delta; Diatoms; Floodplain; Romania; Sediments; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES; PALAEOLIMNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL; ROMANIA;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

DANUBE DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 1842535832     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018158.16862.63     Document Type: Article

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