Diatoms as indicators of long-term environmental change in rivers, fluvial lakes, and impoundments

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

Volumn 9780521509961, Issue , 2010, Pages 86-97

  Reavie, Euan D ^a   Edlund, Mark B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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EID: 84861605270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763175.006     Document Type: Chapter

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