Anthropogenic stressors and changes in the clear lake ecosystem as recorded in sediment cores

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Richerson, Peter J ^a   Suchanek, Thomas H ^a,c   Zierenberg, Robert A ^a   Osleger, David A ^a   Heyvaert, Alan C ^a   Slotton, Darell G ^a   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a,c   Vaughn, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California (retired)   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Clear Lake; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD); Human impacts; Mercury; Mining; Sediment cores; Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine; USA; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METABOLISM; MINING; SEDIMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MERCURY; MINING; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67449088582     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1458.1     Document Type: Article

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