Estimation of pH optima and tolerances o
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Jari Oksanen; Esa LÀÀrÀ; Pertti Huttunen; Jouko MerilÀinen
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Article
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1988
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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Ecological optima and tolerances with respect to autumn pH were estimated for 63 diatom taxa in 47 Finnish lakes. The methods used were weighted averaging (WA), least squares (LS) and maximum likelihood (ML), the two latter methods assuming the Gaussian response model. WA produces optimum estimates