Palaeoenvironmental changes inferred from biological remains in short lake sediment cores from the Central Alps and Dolomites

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-191

  Guilizzoni, P ^a   Lami, A ^a   Manca, M ^a   Musazzi, S ^a   Marchetto, A ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidification; Alps; Chrysophytes; Cladocera; Climate; Fossil diatoms; Pigments; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PIGMENTS; SEDIMENTS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALPS; CHRYSOPHYTES; CLADOCERA; FOSSIL DIATOMS;

LAKES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL; LAKE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CLADOCERA;

EID: 33645892308     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1810-0     Document Type: Review

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