Associations of diatoms in the surficial sediments of lakes and peat pools in Atlantic Canada |
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| Authors: | Ian R. Walker C. G. Paterson |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, E0A 3C0 Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada;(2) Present address: Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6 cBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The distribution of diatom frustules in the surficial sediments of lakes and ombrotrophic peat pools in Atlantic Canada are examined especially in relation to pH and bog lake succession. Sedimentary diatom associations for peat pools, strongly acidic lakes, and weakly acidic lakes are characterized. These associations and the derived diatom-pH calibration functions will facilitate improved paleoecological interpretation of natural ontogenetic pathways and assessments of recent anthropogenic impacts. |
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| Keywords: | diatoms acidification bog lakes acid lakes paleolimnology |
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