Recovery of UK lakes from acidification: An assessment using combined palaeoecological and contemporary diatom assemblage data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 365-380

  Battarbee, Richard W ^a   Simpson, Gavin L ^a   Shilland, Ewan M ^a   Flower, Roger J ^a   Kreiser, Annette ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Clarke, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Diatoms; Lake sediments; Long term trends; Palaeoecology; Recovery; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF RECOVERY; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLORISTIC COMPOSITIONS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LONG-TERM TREND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PALAEOECOLOGY;

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECOVERY; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRAP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84890128843     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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