Holocene aquatic ecosystem change in the boreal vegetation zone of northern Finland

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-352

  Väliranta, Minna ^a   Weckström, Jan ^a   Siitonen, Susanna ^a,b   Seppä, Heikki ^a   Alkio, Jyri ^a   Juutinen, Sari ^a   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystem change; Aquatic macrophytes; Cladocera; Diatoms; Holocene; Northern boreal lake; Sediment proxies

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; FLOW PATTERN; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREELINE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOCERA;

EID: 79952363181     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9501-5     Document Type: Article

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