Seasonal environmental and chemical impact on thecamoebian community composition in an oil sands reclamation wetland in northern Alberta

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Neville, Lisa A ^a   Mccarthy, Francine M G ^b   Mackinnon, Michael D ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Living vs. total assemblages; Oil sands; Reclamation; Seasonality; Testate amoebae; Thecamoebians

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; OIL SAND; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; PROTIST; SEASONALITY; TAPHONOMY; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MILDRED LAKE [ALBERTA];

DIFFLUGIIDAE;

EID: 78149257567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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