Functional ecology and palaeolimnology: using cladoceran remains to reconstruct anthropogenic impact

The field of lake palaeoecology has undergone significant changes. Powerful quantitative techniques have been developed to investigate anthropogenic impacts on lakes. Inclusion of zooplankton and benthic chydorid cladocerans has provided previously unavailable information on the historical developme...

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Main Authors: Jeppesen, E, Leavitt, P, De Meester, Luc, Jensen, JP
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier science london 2001
Subjects:
arctic fennoscandian lakes
surface sediment
shallow lakes
indicators
assemblages
zooplankton
record
communities
predation
salinity
Arctic
Fennoscandian
Zooplankton
Online Access:https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/59653
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Summary:The field of lake palaeoecology has undergone significant changes. Powerful quantitative techniques have been developed to investigate anthropogenic impacts on lakes. Inclusion of zooplankton and benthic chydorid cladocerans has provided previously unavailable information on the historical development of planktivorous fish populations, submerged macrophytes and lake production, and has been used to document exotic species introductions, rapid genetic evolution and human disturbance of lakes. In particular, new techniques now allow a more complete evaluation of changes in past and present trophic structure to be made, and provide insights on the rapid evolutionary responses of aquatic invertebrate communities to anthropogenic perturbation of lakes. status: published

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