Short comment on chironomid assemblages and stratigraphy of high altitude lakes from Tibet

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Ladislav Hamerlík
Kirsten S. Christoffersen
Klaus P. Brodersen

Abstract

A recent chironomid record of three shallow, high
altitude lakes in southern Tibet, as well as a short
palaeolimnological history of one lake, are presented.
The recent chironomid assemblages consisted
of 13 taxa; one of the Orthocladiinae taxa
recorded most likely represents a new species. In
spite of the low head capsule concentration in the
sediment core of Lake Karuugema, probably due
to physical disturbance, redistribution and outwash
of head capsules, there was a trend from assemblages
composed of stenothermal/rheophilic
taxa to eurythermal/limnophilic taxa. This shift
in assemblage structure suggests that changes in
monsoon precipitation and catchment hydrology
may have influenced the habitat conditions of the
chironomids.

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Hamerlík, L., Christoffersen, K. S., & Brodersen, K. P. (2010). Short comment on chironomid assemblages and stratigraphy of high altitude lakes from Tibet. CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, (23). https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i23.661
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