The distribution and diversity of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) in western Finnish Lapland, with special emphasis on shallow lakes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-153

  Nyman, Marjut ^a   Korhola, A ^a   Brooks, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Climate change; Distributional patterns; Shallow lakes; Subarctic Lapland; Taxon richness

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAPLAND; WORLD;

ALGAE; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 14844340651     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00148.x     Document Type: Review

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