Twentieth century eutrophication of the St. Croix River (Minnesota-Wisconsin, USA) reconstructed from the sediments of its natural impoundment

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-657

  Edlund, Mark B ^a   Engstrom, Daniel R ^a   Triplett, Laura D ^a,d   Lafrancois, Brenda Moraska ^b   Leavitt, Peter R ^c  

^a ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Diatoms; Fossil pigments; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Mississippi River; Nutrients; Paleolimnology; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHOS; DIATOM; DRAINAGE; EUTROPHICATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYPOXIA; IMPOUNDMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS TRANSPORT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PIGMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT CROIX RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67349268507     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9296-1     Document Type: Article

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