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Surface-sediment diatom assemblages and water chemistry from 42 subarctic lakes in the southwestern Yukon and northernBritish Columbia, Canada

Susan E. WilsonLaboratory of Paleoclimatology and Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada E-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected]
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Konrad GajewskiLaboratory of Paleoclimatology and Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada E-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected]
Pages 256-270 | Received 11 Jun 2001, Accepted 18 Jan 2002, Published online: 23 Mar 2016

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