Fossil remains of an unknown Alona species (Chydoridae, Aloninae) from a high arctic lake in Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) in relation to glaciation and Holocene environmental history

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 325-333

  Nevalainen, Liisa ^a   van Damme, Kay ^b   Luoto, Tomi P ^a,c   Salonen, Veli Pekka ^c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alona bergi; Alona guttata group; Chydorids; Holocene; Lake sediments; Late Pleistocene glaciation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ARCTIC; NORDAUSTLANDET; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALONA; ALONA GUTTATA; CHYDORIDAE; CLADOCERA; CLITELLARIA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84856104276     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1077-z     Document Type: Article

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