Hemispheric-scale patterns of climate-related shifts in planktonic diatoms from North American and European lakes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2740-2754

  Rühland, Kathleen ^a   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Cyclotella; Ice out; Meta analysis; Northern Hemisphere lakes; Paleolimnology; Planktonic diatoms

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; META-ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE OF THE WOODS; NORTH AMERICA;

AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; FRAGILARIA;

EID: 53249101041     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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