The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland.

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The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland. / Hjort, Christian; Funder, Svend Visby.

In: Boreas, Vol. 3, 1974, p. 23-33.

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Hjort, C & Funder, SV 1974, 'The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland.', Boreas, vol. 3, pp. 23-33.

APA

Hjort, C., & Funder, S. V. (1974). The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland. Boreas, 3, 23-33.

Vancouver

Hjort C, Funder SV. The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland. Boreas. 1974;3:23-33.

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Hjort, Christian ; Funder, Svend Visby. / The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland. In: Boreas. 1974 ; Vol. 3. pp. 23-33.

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title = "The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland.",
abstract = "The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis in central East Greenland has been CH-dated to roughly between 8000 B.P. and 5500 B.P.; compared with other areas this is a short period. Its immigration coincides with the final deglaciation of the innermost fjords, and its disappearance is contemporaneous with an increase in cold-climate plants, as shown by pollen spectra. It is suggested that it immigrated from the Svalbard area rather than from southeast Greenland. and that the central East Greenland fjord zone forms an isolated oasis, where more southerly species like Mytilus and Chlamys islandica can or could live, even if this was not possible along the surrounding and more hostile outer coasts. The reason for the absence of Mytilus edulis from the region today is probably not the local climate.",
author = "Christian Hjort and Funder, {Svend Visby}",
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language = "English",
volume = "3",
pages = "23--33",
journal = "Boreas",
issn = "0300-9483",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",

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T1 - The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland.

AU - Hjort, Christian

AU - Funder, Svend Visby

PY - 1974

Y1 - 1974

N2 - The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis in central East Greenland has been CH-dated to roughly between 8000 B.P. and 5500 B.P.; compared with other areas this is a short period. Its immigration coincides with the final deglaciation of the innermost fjords, and its disappearance is contemporaneous with an increase in cold-climate plants, as shown by pollen spectra. It is suggested that it immigrated from the Svalbard area rather than from southeast Greenland. and that the central East Greenland fjord zone forms an isolated oasis, where more southerly species like Mytilus and Chlamys islandica can or could live, even if this was not possible along the surrounding and more hostile outer coasts. The reason for the absence of Mytilus edulis from the region today is probably not the local climate.

AB - The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis in central East Greenland has been CH-dated to roughly between 8000 B.P. and 5500 B.P.; compared with other areas this is a short period. Its immigration coincides with the final deglaciation of the innermost fjords, and its disappearance is contemporaneous with an increase in cold-climate plants, as shown by pollen spectra. It is suggested that it immigrated from the Svalbard area rather than from southeast Greenland. and that the central East Greenland fjord zone forms an isolated oasis, where more southerly species like Mytilus and Chlamys islandica can or could live, even if this was not possible along the surrounding and more hostile outer coasts. The reason for the absence of Mytilus edulis from the region today is probably not the local climate.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 3

SP - 23

EP - 33

JO - Boreas

JF - Boreas

SN - 0300-9483

ER -

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