Postglacial record of diatom assemblage changes related to climate in an alpine lake in the northern Rocky Mountains, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 968-982

  Karst Riddoch, Tammy L ^a,c   Pisaric, Michael F J ^b   Youngblut, Donald K ^b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Alpine lakes; Climate change; Diatoms; Holocene; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; OLEFINS;

ALPINE LAKES; HOLOCENE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

LAKES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; POSTGLACIAL;

ALKALINITY; CLIMATES; LAKES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIA;

EID: 29244481735     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-045     Document Type: Article

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