Chironomid assemblages in cores from multiple water depths reflect oxygen-driven changes in a deep French lake over the last 150 years

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-273

  Frossard, Victor ^a   Millet, Laurent ^a   Verneaux, Valérie ^a   Jenny, Jean Philippe ^b   Arnaud, Fabien ^b   Magny, Michel ^a   Poulenard, Jérôme ^b   Perga, Marie Elodie ^c  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Paleoenvironmental reconstructions; Pelagic benthic links; Re oligotrophication

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HYDROGEN; HYPOXIA; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBFOSSIL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER DEPTH;

FRANCE; HAUTE SAVOIE; LAKE ANNECY; RHONE-ALPES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; PARACLADIUS; PROCLADIUS;

EID: 84883761480     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9722-x     Document Type: Article

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