Delayed response of diatom assemblages to sewage inputs in an Arctic lake

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-533

  Michelutti, Neal ^a,c   Hermanson, Mark H ^b   Smol, John P ^c   Dillon, Peter J ^d   Douglas, Marianne S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Nutrient modeling; Paleolimnology; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANNAK LAKE; BELCHER ISLANDS; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; FLAHERTY ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIADESMIS; FRAGILARIA; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 38549094312     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-0928-8     Document Type: Article

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