Regional influence of acid deposition and climate change in European mountain lakes assessed using diatom transfer functions

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2555-2572

  Curtis, C J ^a   Juggins, S ^b   Clarke, G ^a   Battarbee, R W ^a   Kernan, M ^a   Catalan, J ^c   Thompson, R ^d   Posch, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Alpine lakes; Climate change; Diatoms; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70449580525     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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