An assessment of environmental changes in three lakes from King's County (Nova Scotia, Canada) using diatom-based paleolimnological techniques

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 85-98

  Thienpont, Joshua R ^a   Ginn, Brian K ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Climate change; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Nova Scotia; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION; LIMNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NOVA SCOTIA; POWER INFRASTRUCTURES; WATERSHED DISTURBANCES;

LAKES;

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 77952590468     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2008.012     Document Type: Article

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