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In the subfossil assemblages of chironomids and cladocerans significant changes were found during the late-glacial and postglacial development of a small, shallow North German lake. The successions observed were obviously not related to eutrophication but to factors such as climatic conditions and lake siltation. The absence of species of the subgenus Eubosmina during postglacial times as well as the predominance of Alonella species among the chydorids was due to the small dimensions of the water body.
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Hofmann, W. Stratigraphy of Cladocera and Chironomidae in a core from a shallow North German lake. Hydrobiologia 103, 235–239 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028458
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