Examining the effects of climate change, acidic deposition, and copper sulphate poisoning on long-term changes in cladoceran assemblages

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 781-792

  Korosi, Jennifer B ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Biomanipulation; Bosmina morphology; Cladocera; Copper sulphate poisoning; Nova Scotia; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; BIOMANIPULATION; BODY SIZE; CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPPER COMPOUND; CRUSTACEAN; DISTURBANCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POISONING; SEDIMENT CORE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBFOSSIL; SULFATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; HIRTLE LAKE; NOVA SCOTIA; TREFRY LAKE;

BOSMINA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; HOLOPEDIUM GLACIALIS; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84867849232     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-012-0261-8     Document Type: Article

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