Diatoms as indicators of water quality in Western Mongolian lakes: A 54-site calibration set

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-389

  Shinneman, Avery L C ^a   Edlund, Mark B ^b   Almendinger, James E ^b   Soninkhishig, Nergui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Asia; Diatoms; Inference model; Mongolia; Saline lakes; Specific conductance; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; ECOREGION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70549105866     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9282-7     Document Type: Article

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