Hydrological change in lakes inferred from midge assemblages through use of an intralake calibration set

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-329

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Chaoboridae; Chironomidae; Eastern finland; Lake sediments; Littoral vegetation; Lotie index; Sampling point selection; Simuliidae; Subfossil midges; Transfer functions; Water depth

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MODEL TEST; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMFLOW; SUBFOSSIL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER DEPTH;

FINLAND;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; NEMATOCERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 77951757904     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0498.1     Document Type: Article

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