Tailoring palaeolimnological diatom-based transfer functions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2440-2454

  Racca, Julien M J ^a   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Prairie, Yves T ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIATOM; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALASKA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 18544364379     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-162     Document Type: Article

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