Effect of low count sums on quantitative environmental reconstructions: An example using subfossil chironomids

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-350

  Heiri, Oliver ^a   Lotter, André F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Error estimation; Palaeolimnology; Quantitative temperature reconstruction; Sample size; Subfossils

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SUBFOSSIL;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0034814150     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017568913302     Document Type: Article

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