Diatom- and chironomid-inferred eutrophication of Bouchie Lake, British Columbia

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 418-430

  Heinrichs, Markus L ^a,b   Cumming, Brian F ^c   Laird, Kathleen R ^c   Hart, J Sanford ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JS Hart and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Lake management; Midge; Nutrient loading; Paleoecology; Phosphorus; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CHIRONOMID ANALYSIS; DIATOM ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE MANAGEMENT; MIDGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENT LOADING; PALEOECOLOGY;

LAKES;

ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; PROCLADIUS; STAUROSIRA CONSTRUENS; STEPHANODISCUS PARVUS; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 31344466198     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2005.045     Document Type: Article

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