Setting restoration goals for an acid and metal-contaminated lake: A paleolimnological study of daisy lake (Sudbury, Canada)

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Dixit, Aruna S ^a   Dixit, Sushil S ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Chrysophytes; Diatoms; Paleolimnology; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964834395     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149609354274     Document Type: Article

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