Are fossil assemblages in a single sediment core from a small lake representative of total deposition of mite, chironomid, and plant macrofossil remains?

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 669-691

  Heggen, Marianne Presthus ^a,b   Birks, Hilary H ^a   Heiri, Oliver ^c,d   Grytnes, John Arvid ^a   Birks, H John B ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Modern sediment samples; Monte Carlo simulations; Oribatid mites; Plant macrofossils; Representativeness; Within lake deposition patterns

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MITE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSECT; WATER DEPTH;

NORWAY;

ACARI; CHIRONOMIDAE; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84869875204     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9637-y     Document Type: Article

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