Response of diatom assemblages to 130 years of environmental change in Florida Bay (USA)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-101

  Wachnicka, Anna ^a   Collins, Laurel S ^a   Gaiser, Evelyn E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional changes; Diatoms; Florida Bay; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CANAL; CLIMATE CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY; WETLAND;

FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84872533462     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9556-3     Document Type: Article

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