Chironomid-based inference models for estimating mean July air temperature and water depth from lakes in Yakutia, northeastern Russia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-71

  Nazarova, Larisa ^a   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a   Wetterich, Sebastian ^a   Kumke, Thomas ^b   Pestryakova, Ludmila ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Schwarz Pharma AG   (Germany)

^c NORTH EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Russian Arctic; Temperature; Transfer function; Water depth

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMAFROST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBFOSSIL; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 78650517442     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9479-4     Document Type: Article

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