Assessing the effects of multiple environmental stressors on zooplankton assemblages in Boreal Shield lakes since pre-industrial times

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-56

  Desellas, Anna M ^a,b   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Sweetman, Jon N ^a,c   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal shield; Cladocera; Multiple stressors; Ontario; Paleolimnology; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOREAL SHIELD; CANADA;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 79951614681     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2011.41     Document Type: Article

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