A radical shift from soft-water to hard-water lake: Palaeolimnological evidence from Lake Kooraste Kõverjärv, southern Estonia;Paleolimnoloogiline uuring Kooraste Kõverjärvest - veekogu muutumine pehmeveelisest kalgiveeliseks järveks

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-327

  Alliksaar, Tiiu ^a   Heinsalu, Atko ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Estonia; Lake Kooraste K verj rv; Lake sediment; Palaeolimnology; Reference lakes; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ESTONIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84870267167     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: 17367557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2012.4.10     Document Type: Article

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