Spatial uniformity in depth optima of midges: Evidence from sedimentary archives of shallow alpine and boreal lakes

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 228-232

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autecology; Chironomidae; Fossil remains; Habitats; Paleolimnology; Water depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865283631     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e24     Document Type: Note

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