Holocene environmental and climate history of Trettetjørn, a low-alpine lake in western Norway, based on subfossil pollen, diatoms, oribatid mites, and plant macrofossils

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 571-583

  Larsen, Jorunn ^a,b,c   Bjune, Anne E ^b,c   De La Riva Caballero, Arguitxu ^b  

^a Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MITE; POLLEN; SEDIMENT; SUBFOSSIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ACARI; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA PUBESCENS; ORIBATIDA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33845384509     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[571:HEACHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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