A new method in palaeoecology: Fish community structure indicates environmental changes

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1763-1772

  Schmölcke, Ulrich ^a   Ritchie, Kenneth ^a  

^a Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastal development; Habitat indicator; Holocene; Littorina transgression; Succession

Indexed keywords

BONE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

LITTORINA;

EID: 78349310885     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0524-3     Document Type: Article

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