The Chironomidae of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands: Climatic and lake-phosphorus reconstructions, and the impact of human settlement

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1259-1264

  Gathorne Hardy, F J ^a   Lawson, I T ^b   Church, M J ^c   Brooks, S J ^d   Buckland, P C ^a   Edwards, K J ^e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Chironomid reconstructions; Erosion; Eutrophication; Late Holocene; Oligotrophic; Palaeolimnology; Pediastrum; Phosphorus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EROSION; FLY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; GROTHUSVATN; SANDOY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; PEDIASTRUM;

EID: 38349018229     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607085133     Document Type: Article

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