The influence of Holocene tree-line advance and retreat on an arctic lake ecosystem: A multi-proxy study from Kharinei Lake, North Eastern European Russia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-137

  Jones, V J ^a   Solovieva, N ^a   Self, A E ^a,b   McGowan, S ^c   Rosen P ^d   Salonen, J S ^e   Seppa H ^e   Valiranta M ^e   Parrott, E ^f   Brooks, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Climate Impacts Research Centre   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Diatoms; Macrofossils; Organic carbon; Pigments; VNIRS

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIATOM; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT EFFECT; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PIGMENT; PLANKTON; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE; TUNDRA; WATER COLUMN;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; PICEA;

EID: 79957880906     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9528-7     Document Type: Article

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