Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in subarctic and alpine regions

The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 231-248

  Lotter, André F ^a   Pienitz, Reinhard ^b   Schmidt, Roland ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763175.013     Document Type: Chapter

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