A comparison of chironomid-based training sets developed from pupal exuviae and larval head capsules to infer lake trophic history

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-102

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a,b   Raunio, Janne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c Water and Environment Association of the River Kymi   (Finland)

Author keywords

CPET; Eutrophication; Fossil assemblages; Nutrients; Palaeolimnology; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LARVA; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PUPA; TAXONOMY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; DIPTERA; MICROCHIRONOMUS TENER; PARACLADOPELMA; PROCLADIUS;

EID: 82455201104     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2011/0179-0093     Document Type: Article

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