Paleolimnology of a shrub-tundra lake and response of aquatic and terrestrial indicators to climatic change in arctic Québec, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 183-203

  Fallu, Marie Andrée ^a,b,c   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Walker, Ian R ^b   Lavoie, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b Department of Biology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Diatoms; Holocene; Northern Qu bec; Paleoclimate; Pollen

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 10344262100     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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