Spicule records of Ephydatia fluviatilis as a proxy for hydrological and environmental changes in the shallow Lake Trasimeno (Umbria, Italy)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 679, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-153

  Gaino, Elda ^a   Scoccia, Francesca ^a   Piersanti, Silvana ^a   Rebora, Manuela ^a   Bellucci, Luca Giorgio ^b   Ludovisi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freshwater sponges; Paleohydrology; Paleolimnological proxies; Shallow lakes; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; CORRELATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; SPONGE; SUBSTRATE; WATER LEVEL;

ITALY; LAKE TRASIMENO; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

EPHYDATIA FLUVIATILIS; SPONGILLIDAE;

EID: 82255179504     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0861-7     Document Type: Article

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