What is it about?
Chironomids subfossil heads can be identified and characterized in sedimentary sequences, allowing the study of climate and environmental variations provided the high sensitivity of these organisms to environmental changes.
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Why is it important?
The study of these organisms in paleolimnological studies provides a valuable tool to the reconstruction of the evolution of past enviornmental conditions.
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This page is a summary of: Response of Chironomidae to environmental disturbances in a high mountain lake in Patagonia during the last millennium, Quaternary Research, April 2019, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/qua.2019.5.
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