Chironomid response to environmental drivers during the Holocene in a shallow treeline lake in northwestern Fennoscandia

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-227

  Nyman, Marjut ^a   Weckström, Jan ^a   Korhola, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic succession; Chironomids; Environmental drivers; Holocene; Multivariate methods; Northwestern Fennoscandia; Subarctic; Taxon richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FLY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MIRE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREELINE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 58149397916     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607086760     Document Type: Article

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