Recent habitat degradation in karstic Lake Uluabat, western Turkey: A coupled limnological-palaeolimnological approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2765-2783

  Reed, Jane M ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Ryan, Sandra ^a   Black, Stuart ^d   Altinsaçli, Selçuk ^e   Griffiths, Huw I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Isotopes; Ostracods; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOMONITORING; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; KARST HYDROLOGY; MACROPHYTE; OSTRACOD; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BURSA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY; ULUABAT LAKE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 53649106492     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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