Faunal (Chironomidae, Cladocera) responses to post-Little Ice Age climate warming in the high Austrian Alps

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 711-724

  Nevalainen, Liisa ^a,b   Luoto, Tomi P ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alps; Aquatic invertebrates; Benthic quality; Climate change; Land use

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BENTHOS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; FAUNISTICS; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

ACROPERUS HARPAE; ALONA AFFINIS; ALONA QUADRANGULARIS; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPSECTRA CONTRACTA; SERGENTIA CORACINA;

EID: 84869881388     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9640-3     Document Type: Article

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