Depth-specific responses of a chironomid assemblage to contrasting anthropogenic pressures: A palaeolimnological perspective from the last 150 years

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-40

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

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic food web; Chironomidae; Climate change; Eutrophication; Fish introduction

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84890212627     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12243     Document Type: Article

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