Monospecific planktonic diatom assemblages in the Paleo-Kathmandu Lake during the middle Brunhes Chron: Implications for the paradox of the plankton

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Hayashi, Tatsuya ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological disturbance; Middle Brunhes Chron; Paleo Kathmandu Lake; Paleoecology; Paradox of the plankton; Planktonic diatoms

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA;

EID: 79551497439     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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