Changes in fossil chironomid remains along a depth gradient: Evidence for common faunal thresholds within lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 665, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-38

  Engels, Stefan ^a   Cwynar, Les C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Kettlehole lakes; Massachusetts; Plymouth aquifer; Water depth

Indexed keywords

FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LARVA; MORPHOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER; SKELETAL REMAINS; WATER DEPTH;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; TANYTARSUS;

EID: 79955793518     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0601-z     Document Type: Article

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