Ostracods and the Holocene palaeolimnology of Lake Qarun, with special reference to past human-environment interactions in the Faiyum (Egypt)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-176

  Keatings, Kevin ^a   Holmes, Jonathan ^a   Flower, Roger ^a   Horne, David ^b,c   Whittaker, John E ^c   Abu Zied, Ramadan H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Holocene; Ostracoda; Saline lake

Indexed keywords

CYPRIDEIS TOROSA; ECONOMIC DECLINE; HOLOCENES; HUMAN INFLUENCES; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE WATERS; OSTRACODA; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINE LAKE;

ANIMALS; CATCHMENTS; DISEASES; SODIUM;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BICARBONATE; BRINE; DOMINANCE; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE LEVEL; LAKE WATER; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OSTRACOD; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BIRKET QARUN; EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT];

CYPRIDEIS TOROSA; LIMNOCYTHERE INOPINATA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77955775428     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0379-4     Document Type: Article

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