Midge bones in lake sediments reveal fish history

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 13:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The mouth parts of the phantom midge are microscopic. But in the hands of scientists from the Department of Zoology at the University of Gothenburg these midge bones become a time machine that can document 200 years of acidification and fish elimination in Swedish lakes...

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