Three hundred years of human-induced change in an urban lake: Paleolimnological analysis of Lac Saint-Augustin, Québec City, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-320

  Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Roberge, Karine ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fossil pigments; Geochemistry; Lake eutrophication; Paleolimnology; Qu bec

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

FOSSIL PIGMENTS; LAKE EUTROPHICATION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LAKE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

CONCENTRATION; DEGRADATION; DIATOMS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; QUEBEC;

CANADA; LAKE SAINT-AUGUSTIN; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII;

EID: 33745668243     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B05-152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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