Evaluating the response of Cladocera to recent environmental changes in lakes from the central Canadian Arctic treeline region

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-591

  Sweetman, Jon N ^a   LaFace, Elyse ^a   Rühland, Kathleen M ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWING SEASON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; TREELINE; WARMING;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOSMINA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 53549116440     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-118)[SWEETMAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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