Environmental controls on modern chironomid faunas from NW Iceland and implications for reconstructing climate change

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 273-293

  Langdon, Peter G ^a   Holmes, Naomi ^b   Caseldine, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chironomids; Climate change; Iceland; Lakes; Summer air temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLY; FOSSIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 46349089455     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9157-3     Document Type: Article

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