Tracking anthropogenic- and climatic-related environmental changes in the remaining habitat lakes of the endangered Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) using palaeolimnological techniques

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1217-1226

  Ginn, Brian K ^a   Grace, Laura C ^a,b   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic whitefish; Climatic change; Coregonus hunstmani; Diatoms; Endangered species; Nova Scotia; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; WARMING;

BRIDGEWATER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

AULACOSEIRA DISTANS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COREGONUS; COREGONUS HUNTSMANI; CYCLOTELLA STELLIGERA;

EID: 54949091161     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.934     Document Type: Article

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