Interdecadal declines in flood frequency increase primary production in lakes of a northern river delta

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1212-1224

  McGowan, Suzanne ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Hall, Roland I ^b   Wolfe, Brent B ^c   Edwards, Thomas W D ^b   Karst Riddoch, Tammy ^b   Vardy, Sheila R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delta lakes; Flooding; Hydrology; Paleolimnology; Peace Athabasca Delta; Sedimentary pigments

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78650771217     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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