Assessing pH changes since pre-industrial times in 51 low-alkalinity lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1043-1054

  Ginn, Brian K ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PH; SULFATE;

ADIRONDACK LAKE; CANADA; CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34547612304     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-078     Document Type: Article

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