OSTRACOD AND CHIRONOMID TRANSFER FUNCTIONS FOR INFERRING PAST LAKE WATER CONDUCTIVITY IN NEOTROPICAL AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

MASSAFERRO; PEREZ; MAIDANA; CABALLERO

Cordoba

Congreso; XIX Congreso Geologico Argentino; 2014

Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Chironomids (Insecta: Chironomidae) and ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda) are two of the most abundant, diverse and environmentally sensitive groups of organisms in the northern neotropical aquatic ecosystems (Pérez et al. 2013). This study shows the potential of using both groups as environmental indicators for quantitative reconstructions. Comparison of reconstructions derived from different proxies help to assess the overall statistical significance of a quantitative reconstruction