Modern diatom, cladocera, chironomid, and chrysophyte cyst assemblages as quantitative indicators for the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in the Alps. I. Climate

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-420

  Lotter, André F ^a,b   Birks, H John B ^c,d   Hofmann, Wolfgang ^e   Marchetto, Aldo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Modern training sets; Summer temperatures; Surface sediments; Switzerland; Transfer functions; Weighted averaging partial least squares

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; BIOINDICATOR; LAKE SEDIMENT; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMNOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT RECOSNTRUCTION;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CLADOCERA;

EID: 0031415325     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007982008956     Document Type: Article

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