Richness, diversity and succession of late-glacial chironomid assemblages in New Brunswick, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-274

  Levesque, André J ^a,b   Cwynar, Les C ^a   Walker, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

chironomid; late glacial; New Brunswick; transect

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMID; CHIRONOMID ASSEMBLAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; LATE GLACIAL; PALAEOECOLOGY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0030302676     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00207574     Document Type: Article

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