Sub-fossil chironomidae from East Africa. 2. Chironominae (chironomini and tanytarsini)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-455

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Chironomidae; Chironomini; Lake benthos; Orthocladiinae; Paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Paleolimnology; Tanytarsini; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; CHIRONOMINI; DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 12344267172     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-0327-2     Document Type: Article

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