Paleolimnology of a fluvial lake downstream of Lake Superior and the industrialized region of Sault Saint Marie

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2586-2608

  Reavie, Euan D ^a   Robbins, John A ^b   Stoermer, Eugene F ^c   Douglas, Marianne S V ^d   Emmert, Gail E ^c   Morehead, Nancy R ^b   Mudroch, Alena ^c,e  

^a Center for Water and the Environment   (United States)

^b ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

LAKE GEORGE [CANADA-UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 31144444750     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-170     Document Type: Article

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