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Tracking environmental changes in Pockwock Lake using diatoms as paleoecological indicators

BSc(Hons) thesis of Amy Tropea, April 2005

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July 15, 2010      

Contents:

• Thesis of Amy Tropea (select scans only):
  • Abstract
  • Stratigraphic plot of the dominant diatom taxa
  • Weighted-average optima for common taxa in Pockwock and Russell Lakes
  • Stratigraphic plot of physical analysis on sediment core
  • Summary

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Abstract

Stratigraphic plot of the dominant diatom taxa

Weighted-average optima for common taxa in Pockwock and Russell Lakes

Stratigraphic plot of physical analysis on sediment core

Summary

Acknowledgements and a recommended textbook

Smol, J.P. 2008. Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective. 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. x,383 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-5913-5.

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