Aquatic Ecosystem Responses to Rapid Recovery from Extreme Acidification and Metal Contamination in Lakes Near Wawa, Ontario

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-223

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

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

acidification; chlorophyll a; chrysophytes; Cladocera; diatoms; DOC; metals; paleolimnology; pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALGAL COMMUNITY; BROWN ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IRON; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; SEDIMENT CORE; SINTER; SUBSTRATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WAWA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CHYDORUS BREVILABRIS; CLADOCERA;

EID: 84874566104     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9603-6     Document Type: Article

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