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Diatom-based pH reconstruction studies of acid lakes in Europe and North America: A synthesis

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The analysis of diatom assemblages in lake sediments is being increasingly used to reconstruct past trends in the pH of acid lakes. This paper briefly reviews the data that are now available for Europe and North America and concludes that the evidence is consistent with the acid deposition hypothesis for recent lake acidification.

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  1. Palaeoecology Research Unit, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, WCIH OAP, London, U.K.

    R. W. Battarbee

  2. Department of Biology, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, In., U.S.A.

    D. F. Charles

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Battarbee, R.W., Charles, D.F. Diatom-based pH reconstruction studies of acid lakes in Europe and North America: A synthesis. Water Air Soil Pollut 30, 347–354 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305205

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