Late-Holocene environmental history of two New England ponds: Natural dynamics versus human impacts

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-532

  Köster, Dörte ^a,b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Dissolved organic carbon; Forest disturbance; Late Holocene; Moisture; New England; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HOLOCENE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 33746014625     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl947rp     Document Type: Article

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