Scaled-chrysophyte assemblage changes in the sediment records of lakes recovering from marked acidification and metal contamination near Wawa, Ontario, Canada

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-278

  Greenaway, Christine M ^a   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Keller, Wendel Bill ^c   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Chrysophytes; Lakes; Mining; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; BIOINDICATOR; DIATOM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE WATER; MINING; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WAWA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; SYNURA ECHINULATA; SYNURALES;

EID: 84864400016     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e29     Document Type: Article

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