Water quality changes in Lake McKenzie, Fraser Island, Australia: A Palaeolimnological approach

Australian Geographer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-302

  Hembrow, Sarah C ^a   Taffs, Kathryn H ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; Diatoms; Lake McKenzie; lake sediments; palaeoecology; water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; FRASER ISLAND; LAKE MCKENZIE; QUEENSLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84865812923     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2012.706207     Document Type: Article

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