Quantitative inferences of past hypolimnetic anoxia in south-central Ontario lakes using fossil midges (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 587-596

  Quinlan, Roberto ^a   Smol, John P ^a   Hall, Roland I ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HYPOLIMNETIC ANOXIA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PALAEOECOLOGY;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0031852214     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-279     Document Type: Article

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