Long-term limnological changes in six lakes with differing human impacts from a limestone region in southwestern Ontario, Canada

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 436-452

  Werner, Petra ^a   Chaisson, Michelle ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Cyclotella comensis; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Limestone lakes; Mitigation targets; Paleolimnology; Shallow and deep lakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349095162     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140509354448     Document Type: Review

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