Inferring late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a  chironomid-based temperature inference model

Matthews-Bird, Frazer; Brooks, Stephen J.; Holden, Philip B.; Montoya, Encarni; Gosling, William D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

Research article

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01 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2016

Inferring late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference model

Frazer Matthews-Bird, Stephen J. Brooks, Philip B. Holden, Encarni Montoya, and William D. Gosling

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SC1: 'Regional context and comparison', Sebastian Luening, 22 Jan 2016
- AC1: 'Matthews-Bird et al., response to Luening 22 January 2016', Frazer Matthews-Bird, 27 Jan 2016
RC1: 'Review - cp-2015-186', David Porinchu, 19 Feb 2016
RC2: 'Review cp-2015-186', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Feb 2016
AC2: 'Response to reviewers', Frazer Matthews-Bird, 21 Mar 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Mar 2016) by Jürg Luterbacher

AR by Frazer Matthews-Bird on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2016) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Mar 2016) by Jürg Luterbacher

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Apr 2016)

RR by David Porinchu (28 Apr 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (02 May 2016) by Jürg Luterbacher

AR by Frazer Matthews-Bird on behalf of the Authors (03 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 May 2016) by Jürg Luterbacher

AR by Frazer Matthews-Bird on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2016)

Short summary

Chironomidae are a family of two-winged aquatic fly of the order Diptera. The family is species rich (> 5000 described species) and extremely sensitive to environmental change, particualy temperature. Across the Northern Hemisphere, chironomids have been widely used as paleotemperature proxies as the chitinous remains of the insect are readily preserved in lake sediments. This is the first study using chironomids as paleotemperature proxies in tropical South America.