Surface sediment chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) distributions along an ecotonal transect in subarctic fennoscandia: Developing a tool for palaeotemperature reconstructions

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-59

  Olander, Heikki ^a   Korhola, Atte ^a   Blom, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CCA; Chaoborus; Chironomidae; Lakewater temperature; Treeline; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; MIDGE ASSEMBLAGE; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FENNOSCANDIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0030841479     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007906609155     Document Type: Article

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