Sub-fossil Chironomidae as indicators of palaeoflow regimes: Integration into the PalaeoLIFE flow index

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1270-1283

  Howard, Lynda C ^a   Wood, Paul J ^a   Greenwood, Malcolm T ^a   Rendell, Helen M ^a   Brooks, Stephen J ^b   Armitage, Patrick D ^c   Extence, Chris A ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Lotic invertebrate Index for Flow Evaluation; Non biting midges; Palaeochannel; Palaeohydrology; River flow

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; INSECT; LARVA; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBFOSSIL;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 78649564291     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1409     Document Type: Article

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