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Weichselian chironomid and cladoceran assemblages from maar lakes

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Sediments from maar lakes in the periglacial area were analysed to obtain information about the limnetic fauna of Pleniglacial lakes. On the basis of abundance and species composition of the subfossil chironomid and cladoceran assemblages, three major zones were biostratigraphically separated: the Upper Pleniglacial, the Middle Pleniglacial, and the Eem Interglacial.

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Hofmann, W. Weichselian chironomid and cladoceran assemblages from maar lakes. Hydrobiologia 214, 207–211 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00050952

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