The widespread threat of calcium decline in fresh waters

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5906, 2008, Pages 1374-1377

  Jeziorski, Adam ^a   Yan, Norman D ^b,c   Paterson, Andrew M ^c   DeSellas, Anna M ^a,c   Turner, Michael A ^d   Jeffries, Dean S ^e   Keller, Bill ^f   Weeber, Russ C ^e   McNicol, Don K ^e   Palmer, Michelle E ^b   McIver, Kyle ^a   Arseneau, Kristina ^a   Ginn, Brian K ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRESH WATER;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ONTARIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 57149114939     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164949     Document Type: Article

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