The Chironomidae of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands: climatic and lake-phosphorus reconstructions, and the impact of human settlement

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Gathorne-Hardy, F.J., Lawson, I.T., Church, M.J., Brooks, S.J., Buckland, P.C., Edwards, K.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Faroe Islands; Sandoy; Gróthúsvatn
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683607085133; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683607085133

Chironomids were examined as part of a multiproxy palaeolimnological study of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands. A total of 37 taxa was found in the top 1 m of the core. Chironomid-inferred total phosphorus and temperature reconstructions indicate that after landnám (the Norse settlement period) to...