Development of subfossil Daphnia and Chaoborus assemblages in relation to progressive acidification and fish community alterations in SW Sweden

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 684, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-95

  Palm, Fredrik ^a   El Daoushy, Farid ^b   Svensson, Jan Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Medins Biologi AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Chaoborus mandibles; Daphnia ephippia; Fish community composition; Fish loss

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FISH; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; MONITORING SYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBFOSSIL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHAOBORUS OBSCURIPES; CYPRINIDAE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA EPHIPPIA;

EID: 84856739559     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0971-2     Document Type: Article

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