Historical eutrophication in a river-estuary complex in mid-coast Maine

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 765-778

  Köster, Dörte ^a   Lichter, John ^a   Lea, Peter D ^a   Nurse, Andrea ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystem; Diatom record; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem recovery; Eutrophication; Historical ecology; Maine, USA; Pollution; Shifting baseline

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; HISTORY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL; HISTORY; POLLEN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; MAINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLEN; RIVERS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

KENNEBEC ESTUARY; MAINE; MERRYMEETING BAY; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34247253047     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0815     Document Type: Article

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