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A quantitative method of palaeolake-level reconstruction using ostracod assemblages: an example from the Bolivian Altiplano

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This paper provides quantitative information concerning the response of ostracods to environmental variability in order to reconstruct past environments. Ostracod faunas from modern sediments of Bolivian lakes and swamps were studied. Ostracod distribution is controlled by several ecological characteristics such as lake-level and water chemistry. Statistical results indicate that three transfer functions (on water depth, Total dissolved Salts and water in Mg/Ca ratio) can be developed, from ostracod species frequencies in lacustrine sediments, with some restrictions for the two last ones.

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  1. mission ORSTOM, CP 9214, La Paz Bolivia

    Ph. Mourguiart

  2. Département de Géologie et Océanographie, Université Bordeaux I, Av. des Facultés, 33405, Talence Cédex, France

    P. Carbonel

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Mourguiart, P., Carbonel, P. A quantitative method of palaeolake-level reconstruction using ostracod assemblages: an example from the Bolivian Altiplano. Hydrobiologia 288, 183–193 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006241

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