Ecological influences affecting the distribution of larval chironomid communities in the lakes on Yunnan Plateau, SW China

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-113

  Zhang, Enlou ^a   Langdon, Peter ^b   Tang, Hongqu ^c   Jones, Richard ^d   Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Shen, Ji ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Diversity; Environmental variables; Temperature; Yunnan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSECT; LARVA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBFOSSIL; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; YUNNAN;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84863555034     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2011/0179-0103     Document Type: Article

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