An overview of sediment organic matter records of human eutrophication in the Laurentian Great Lakes region

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 453-463

  Meyers, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker molecules; Laurentian Great Lakes; Organic carbon isotopes; Organic carbon mass accumulation rates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33845928984     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9059-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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