A diatom-based Holocene record of human impact from a coastal environment: Tuckean Swamp, eastern Australia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-82

  Taffs, Kathryn H ^a   Farago, Luc J ^a   Heijnis, Hendrik ^b   Jacobsen, Geraldine ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidification; Australia; Diatoms; Estuary; Human impact; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACTINOCYCLUS NORMANII; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; DIPLONEIS SMITHII; EUNOTIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 37249027874     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9096-z     Document Type: Article

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