Effects of production, sedimentation and taphonomic processes on the composition and size structure of sedimenting cladoceran remains in a large deep subalpine lake: Paleo-ecological implications

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 676, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-116

  Alric, Benjamin ^a   Perga, Marie Elodie ^a  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Bosmina; Cladoceran sub fossil remains; Completeness of time series; Daphnia; Paleolimnology; Seasonal dynamics; Sediment trap

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MESH SIZE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBFOSSIL; TAPHONOMY; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; WATER COLUMN;

BOSMINA; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SP.; EUBOSMINA;

EID: 80255132708     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0868-0     Document Type: Article

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