Spatial variability of chironomid death assemblages in the surface sediments of a fluctuating tropical lake (Lake Naivasha, Kenya)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-328

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a   De Deyne, Patrick ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Chironomidae; Fossil remains; Lake Naivasha; Paleoclimate reconstruction; Spatial variability; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLY; LAKE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBFOSSIL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAKE NAIVASHA; LAKE OLOIDIEN; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 34548550278     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9075-9     Document Type: Article

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