Recovery from acidification in boreal lakes inferred from macroinvertebrates and subfossil chironomids

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 541, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-173

  Hynynen, J ^a   Merilainen J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acidification; Boreal lakes; Macroinvertebrates; Recovery; Subfossil chironomids

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PH EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOILS;

ACIDIFICATION PROBLEM; BOREAL LAKES; FOREST LAKES; MACROINVERTEBATES;

LAKES;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 21244436450     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-5290-4     Document Type: Article

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