Modern and pre-Industrial Age distributions of Cladocera in Italian and Swiss Alpine lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 676, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-185

  Nevalainen, Liisa ^a   Luoto, Tomi P ^b   Levine, Suzanne ^c   Manca, Marina ^d  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Fossil cladocerans; Paleolimnology; Predation; The Alps; Top bottom approach

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PREDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CORE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALPS; ITALY; SWITZERLAND;

ACROPERUS HARPAE; ALONA AFFINIS; CHYDORIDAE; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; EURYCERCUS LAMELLATUS;

EID: 80255126823     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0802-5     Document Type: Article

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