Cladocera remains from the sediments of remote cold lakes: A study of 294 lakes across Europe

Advances in Limnology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2009, Pages 269-294

  Brancelj, Anton ^a   Kernan, Martin ^b   Jeppesen, Erik ^c   Rautio, Milla ^d,e   Manca, Marina ^f   Šiško, Milijan ^a   Alonso, Migel ^g   Stuchlík, Evžen ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^h Hydrobiological Station Velky Palenec   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Arctic lakes; Cladocera; Distribution; Environment; Palaeolimnology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155207040     PISSN: 1612166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/advlim/62/2009/269     Document Type: Article

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