Glasgow Lake: An early-warning sentinel of lake acidification in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 614, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Gerber, Alexandra M ^a   Ginn, Brian K ^a   Whitfield, Colin J ^b   Dillon, Peter J ^b   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Biogeochemical modelling; Diatoms; MAGIC; Nova Scotia; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARKS;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; DIATOMS; MAGIC; NOVA SCOTIA; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

LAKES;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIATOM; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 53149131680     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9514-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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