Subfossil chironomid assemblages in deep, stratified European lakes: Relationships with temperature, trophic state and oxygen

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-423

  Verbruggen, F ^a   Heiri, O ^a,b   Merilainen J J ^c   Lotter, A F ^a  

^a Institute of Environmental Biology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benthic Quality Index; Chironomids; Deep lakes; Ecology; Europe

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 79551692946     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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