How did the nutrient concentrations change in northeastern German lowland rivers during the last four millennia? - A paleolimnological study of floodplain sediments

Studia Quaternaria

Volumn 21, Issue , 2004, Pages 129-138

  Schönfelder, Ilka ^a,b   Steinberg, Christian E W ^b  

^a Brandenburg Office for the Environment   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floodplain sediments; Littoral diatoms; Natural eutrophic conditions; Paleolimnology; Quantitative reconstruction; River; Total nitrogen; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 18644372633     PISSN: 16415558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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