Are cladoceran fossils in lake sediment samples a biased reflection of the communities from which they are derived?

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-181

  Kattel, G R ^a,b   Battarbee, R W ^a   Mackay, A ^a   Birks, H J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Core sample; Representation; Scottish loch; Source sample; Surface sediment sample; Taphonomy; Trap sample

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; LOCH COIRE FIONNARAICH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLADOCERA;

EID: 34547105038     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9073-y     Document Type: Article

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