Cladoceran response to calcium decline and the subsequent inadvertent liming of a softwater canadian lake

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2437-2446

  Shapiera, Melanie ^a   Jeziorski, Adam ^b   Paterson, Andrew M ^c   Smol, John P ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Canadian Shield; Cladocera; Daphnia; Lakes; Liming; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN SHIELDS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; LIMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACIDIFICATION; DUST; LAKES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; LAKE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE WATER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLADOCERA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DUST; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOIL LIMING; WATERSHED;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; DICKIE LAKE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 84862177136     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1035-y     Document Type: Article

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