Fish fossils as paleo-indicators of ichthyofauna composition and climatic change in Lake Malawi, Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 126-132

  Reinthal, Peter N ^a   Cohen, Andrew S ^a   Dettman, David L ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cichlid; Cyprinid; Fish fossils; Lake Malawi; Sediment core

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CICHLID; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYPRINID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PELAGIC FISH; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

CICHLIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953164040     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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