Indicator value of midge larvae (Diptera: Nematocera) in shallow boreal lakes with a focus on habitat, water quality, and climate

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-370

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

autecology; benthic macroinvertebrates; Chironomidae; indicator taxa; lake sediments; palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 84858025124     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: 17444152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2011.640333     Document Type: Article

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