Subfossil Cladocera in relation to contemporary environmental variables in 54 Pan-European lakes

RIKKE BJERRING* , ELOY BECARES , STEVEN DECLERCK § , ELISABETH M. GROSS , LARS-ANDERS HANSSON** , TIMO KAIRESALO , MIRVA NYKÄNEN , ANNA HALKIEWICZ , RYSZARD KORNIJÓW , JOSÉ M. CONDE-PORCUNA § § , MILTIADIS SEFERLIS , TI INA NÕGES*** , BRIAN MOSS , SUSANNE LILDAL AMSINCK*, BENT VAD ODGAARD ‡‡‡ AND ERIK JEPPESEN* , † *Department of Freshwater Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus, Silkeborg, Denmark †Department of Plant Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark ‡Environmental Institute, University of León, Leon, Spain §Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium –Fachbereich Biologie, Limnologisches Institut, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany **Department of Limnology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden ††Department of Ecological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland ‡‡Department of Hydrobiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland §§Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain ––The Greek Biotope⁄Wetland Centre, Thessaloniki-Mihaniona, Thermi, Greece ***Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences, Centre for Limnology, Rannu, Tartu Country, Estonia †††School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK ‡‡‡Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark