Subfossil diatoms and chironomids along an altitudinal gradient in the High Tatra Mountain lakes: A multi-proxy record of past environmental trends

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 631, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-85

  Bitušík, Peter ^a   Kubovčík, Vladimír ^b   Štefková, Elena ^c   Appleby, Peter G ^d   Svitok, Marek ^b  

^a MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Alpine lakes; Climate; Co correspondence analysis; Organic matter content; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALPINE LAKES; CLIMATE; CO-CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

AIR QUALITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

ACIDIFICATION; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBFOSSIL;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 67349210705     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9802-0     Document Type: Article

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