Shallow lake trophic status linked to late Holocene climate and human impacts

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-64

  Waters, Matthew N ^a   Piehler, Michael F ^c   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^c   Smoak, Joseph M ^b   Bianchi, Thomas S ^d  

^a Shorter College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Human impact; Lignin phenols; Photosynthetic pigments; Trophic state

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORE ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GYMNOSPERM; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIGNIN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHENOL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; TROPHIC STATUS;

LAKE MATTAMUSKEET; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 71349087984     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9247-x     Document Type: Article

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