Evidence for past variations in methane availability in a Siberian thermokarst lake based on δ13c of chitinous invertebrate remains

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-84

  van Hardenbroek, M ^a,b   Heiri, O ^a,b   Parmentier, F J W ^c,d   Bastviken, D ^e   Ilyashuk, B P ^b,f   Wiklund, J A ^g   Hall, R I ^g   Lotter, A F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Chitinous remains; Invertebrates; Lake sediment; Methane; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

CHIRONOMIDS; CHITINOUS REMAINS; INVERTEBRATES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

METHANE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHITIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LARVA; METHANE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOKARST;

SIBERIA; SWEDEN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINI; DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; OSTRACODA; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 84881372403     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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