A rapid response of testate amoebae and vegetation to inundation of a kettle hole mire

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-511

  Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^a,b,c,d   Obremska, Milena ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Damming; Human impact; Peatland; Pollen; Sphagnum; Testate amoebae; Wet shift

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; KETTLE HOLE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIRE; MOSS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; PEATLAND; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLEN; PROTOZOAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 78650996575     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9347-2     Document Type: Article

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