Littoral chironomid communities of Alpine lakes in relation to environmental factors

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-165

  Boggero, A ^a   Fureder L ^b   Lencioni, V ^c   Simcic, T ^d   Thaler, B ^e   Ferrarese, U ^f   Lotter, A F ^g   Ettinger, R ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Trento Museum of Natural Sciences   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^e Laboratorio Biologico   (Italy)

^f Utrecht University ^*  (Italy)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alps; Chironomids; Distribution; High altitude; Lake littoral; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALKALINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ICE; PH; WATER POLLUTION;

ALPS; CHIRONOMIDS; DISTRIBUTION; HIGH ALTITUDE; LAKE-LITTORAL;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INSECT; LAKE; LARVA; PH; PUPA; WATERSHED;

ALPS; BERNESE ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; JULIAN ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; CHIRONOMINI; CORYNONEURA ARCTICA; DICROTENDIPES; ENDOCHIRONOMUS; HETEROTRISSOCLADIUS MARCIDUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARSIA; LIMNOPHYES; ORTHOCLADIINAE; ORTHOCLADIUS; PARAMERINA; PARATANYTARSUS; PSEUDODIAMESA BRANICKII; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 33645885829     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1809-6     Document Type: Article

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