Testate amoebae as indicators of 20th century environmental change in Lake Zhangdu, China

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Qin, Yangmin ^a   Booth, Robert K ^b   Gu, Yansheng ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Lake zhangdu; Testate amoebae; Thecamoebians; Yangtze river

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PROTIST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBFOSSIL; TAXONOMY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HUBEI; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHANGDU LAKE;

AMOEBA (GENUS); CENTROPYXIS; DIFFLUGIA; DIFFLUGIA CORONA; DIFFLUGIA LANCEOLATA; DIFFLUGIA OBLONGA; DIFFLUGIA TUBERSPINIFERA; PENTAGONIA; PRISTIS;

EID: 77954662668     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0175-0029     Document Type: Review

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