The extant Chaoborus assemblage can be assessed using subfossil mandibles

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2458-2467

  Quinlan, Roberto ^a   Smol, John P ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Chaoborus; Ecology; Lakes; Mandibles; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHAOBORUS PUNCTIPENNIS; CHAOBORUS TRIVITTATUS;

EID: 78149300925     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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