Phantom midge-based models for inferring past fish abundances

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 531-547

  Tolonen, Kimmo T ^a   Brodersen, Klaus P ^b   Kleisborg, Tanya A ^b   Holmgren, Kerstin ^c   Dahlberg, Magnus ^c   Hamerlik, Ladislav ^b,d,e   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Boreal lakes; Chaoborids; Multiple regression models; Paleolimnology; Reconstruction of past fish abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; FLY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; PREDATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBFOSSIL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SWEDEN;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHAOBORUS OBSCURIPES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84859712827     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9579-4     Document Type: Article

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