Examining 20th century water quality and ecological changes in the Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada: A paleolimnological investigation

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 456-469

  Hyatt, Crystal V ^a   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Rühland, Kathleen M ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Diatom; Lake of the Woods; Paleolimnology; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE; DIATOM; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DIATOM COMMUNITIES; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORMOSA; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; ICE COVER; INFERENCE MODELS; KEY FACTORS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; LAKE OF THE WOODS; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA CROTONENSIS;

EID: 80052390647     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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