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Diatom and chrysophyte remains in recent sediments have been examined. The upper stratigraphy is dated by reference to phytoplankton records whilst the lower depends on dates from 210Pb analysis, which shows some unexplained variation. Recent changes, due to farming and domestic drainage, form part of the long term response of the lake to events upon the catchment.
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Haworth, E.Y. Diatom and chrysophyte relict assemblages in the sediments of Blelham Tarn in the English Lake District. Hydrobiologia 103, 131–133 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028440
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