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The following chapters represent a continuity of diatom research in Minnesota lakes. In Chapter 2, the study on Upper and Lower Red Lakes demonstrates the use of well-established paleolimnological proxies to assess eco-limnological change in a pair of large shallow lakes and inf…

The Puget Lowland of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) has a dynamic post-glacial vegetation and climate history. Vegetation structure and fire frequency may be affected by a variety of factors such as large-scale climatic change, as well as more local factors like changing natural an…