How many chironomid head capsules are enough? A statistical approach to determine sample size for palaeoclimatic reconstructions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 133-142

  Larocque, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b PAGES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chironomid inferred temperature; Representativity; Sample size

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0035423287     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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