The distribution of littoral chironomids along an altitudinal gradient in High Tatra Mountain lakes: Could they be used as indicators of climate change?

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-156

  Hamerlík, Ladislav ^a   Bitušík, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Bioindicators; Chironomidae; Climate change; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEW TAXON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

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

CHIRONOMIDAE; CORYNONEURA SCUTELLATA; CRICOTOPUS LESTRALIS; MICROPSECTRA; MICROPSECTRA JUNCI; MICROPSECTRA RADIALIS; PARATANYTARSUS AUSTRIACUS; PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA; PSEUDODIAMESA ARCTICA; ZAVRELIMYIA;

EID: 70349606900     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2009021     Document Type: Article

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