A test of Tyler's Line - response of chironomids to a pH gradient in Tasmania and their potential as a proxy to infer past changes in pH

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2521-2540

  Rees, Andrew B H ^a   Cwynar, Les C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomid; Inference model; Lake classification; PH; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 78149313897     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02482.x     Document Type: Article

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