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V. N. Panizzo A. W. Mackay I. Ssemmanda R. Taylor N. Rose M. J. Leng 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(1):325-338
Environmental change in many tropical, alpine habitats remains poorly resolved due to an absence of proximate and sustained
observations. In the Rwenzori Mountains of East Africa, glaciers have receded rapidly over the last century, and here we assess
the impact of this recession through palaeolimnological analyses of a 45 cm sediment core (Buju3) from Lake Bujuku which is
closest to the ice-fields and partly supplied by melt water in-flows. 210Pb and 137Cs suggest that Buju3 has an average sedimentation rate of 2.9 mm year−1 and the base of the core can be dated to 1864 ± 20 years. Contemporary diatom taxa found in the lake are dominated by Tabellaria flocculosa and Synedra spp., but also include Achnanthes minutissima and Fragilaria pinnata. However, the diatom flora for Buju3 is less diverse and dominated by small, tychoplanktonic species of Fragilaria. Over the period associated with glacial recession, organic carbon isotope analysis (δ13C) suggests a small but distinct increase in within-lake productivity, which increases in rate since the mid 1970s up to the
present day, in line with a shift towards increased algal productivity (as highlighted by C/N ratios). However, the diatom
and pollen records appear rather insensitive to changes in glacier recession since the late 19th century. 相似文献
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Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring Annett Junginger Lydia A. Olaka Ralph Tiedemann Martin H. Trauth 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,45(3):353-367
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System. Since the beginning of the twentieth
century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic influence as a result of increasingly intensive farming of coffee, tea,
flowers, and other horticultural crops within its catchment. The water-level history of Lake Naivasha over the past 200 years
was derived from a combination of instrumental records and sediment data. In this study, we analysed diatoms in a lake sediment
core to infer past lacustrine conductivity and total phosphorus concentrations. We also measured total nitrogen and carbon
concentrations in the sediments. Core chronology was established by 210Pb dating and covered a ~186-year history of natural (climatic) and human-induced environmental changes. Three stratigraphic
zones in the core were identified using diatom assemblages. There was a change from littoral/epiphytic diatoms such as Gomphonema gracile and Cymbella muelleri, which occurred during a prolonged dry period from ca. 1820 to 1896 AD, through a transition period, to the present planktonic Aulacoseira sp. that favors nutrient-rich waters. This marked change in the diatom assemblage was caused by climate change, and later
a strong anthropogenic overprint on the lake system. Increases in sediment accumulation rates since 1928, from 0.01 to 0.08 g cm−2 year−1 correlate with an increase in diatom-inferred total phosphorus concentrations since the beginning of the twentieth century.
The increase in phosphorus accumulation suggests increasing eutrophication of freshwater Lake Naivasha. This study identified
two major periods in the lake’s history: (1) the period from 1820 to 1950 AD, during which the lake was affected mainly by
natural climate variations, and (2) the period since 1950, during which the effects of anthropogenic activity overprinted
those of natural climate variation. 相似文献
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Timothy M. Shanahan Jonathan T. Overpeck J. Warren Beck C. Winston Wheeler John A. Peck John W. King Christopher A. Scholz 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(1):339-355
The sediments from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana contain a unique record of fine-scale (mm to sub-mm) laminations, which will provide
a valuable annual chronometer for reconstructing paleoenvironmental changes in West Africa covering much of the last 1 Ma.
Comparisons of laminae counts to independent 210Pb dates and the rise in anthropogenic “bomb” radiocarbon support the interpretation of the laminations in the uppermost sediments
as registering annual events. Radiocarbon dates on in-situ fish-bone collagen are in agreement with varve counts, further
supporting the annual nature of our varve chronology. Over the instrumental period (1925–1999), dark-varve thickness measurements
are correlated with local rainfall (r = 0.54) and appear able to resolve decadal-scale changes in precipitation. The relationship between varve thickness and rainfall
provides support for our interpretation that dark-colored varve thickness records catchment runoff during the rainy season
rather than dust flux during the dry season. Dark laminae alternate with organic and carbonate-rich light laminae formed during
the fall period of enhanced productivity. Downcore, varves undergo significant microstratigraphic and geochemical variations,
but retain the same pattern of alternating clastic and organic-rich laminae, providing support that the laminae may represent
annual time markers for reconstructions of the deeper part of the record. 相似文献
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Timothy L. Cook Raymond S. Bradley Joseph S. Stoner Pierre Francus 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(1):77-94
Sediments in Lower Murray Lake, northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Canada (81°21′ N, 69°32′ W) contain annual laminations
(varves) that provide a record of sediment accumulation through the past 5000+ years. Annual mass accumulation was estimated
based on measurements of varve thickness and sediment bulk density. Comparison of Lower Murray Lake mass accumulation with
instrumental climate data, long-term records of climatic forcing mechanisms and other regional paleoclimate records suggests
that lake sedimentation is positively correlated with regional melt season temperatures driven by radiative forcing. The temperature
reconstruction suggests that recent temperatures are ~2.6°C higher than minimum temperatures observed during the Little Ice
Age, maximum temperatures during the past 5200 years exceeded modern values by ~0.6°C, and that minimum temperatures observed
approximately 2900 varve years BC were ~3.5°C colder than recent conditions. Recent temperatures were the warmest since the
fourteenth century, but similar conditions existed intermittently during the period spanning ~4000–1000 varve years ago. A
highly stable pattern of sedimentation throughout the period of record supports the use of annual mass accumulation in Lower
Murray Lake as a reliable proxy indicator of local climatic conditions in the past.
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Mark B. Edlund Daniel R. Engstrom Laura D. Triplett Brenda Moraska Lafrancois Peter R. Leavitt 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(4):641-657
Evaluation of land-use effects on coastal and marine ecosystems requires better understanding of the role of rivers in regulating
mass transport from terrestrial to oceanic environments. Here we take advantage of the presence of a riverine lake to use
paleoecological techniques to quantify impacts of logging, European-style agriculture, urbanization and continued terrestrial
disturbance on mass transport and water quality in the northern drainage of the Mississippi River. Two 2-m sediment-cores
recovered in 1999 from Lake St. Croix, a natural impoundment of the St. Croix River, were dated using 210Pb and 137Cs, and analyzed for historical changes (c. 1840–present) in sediment magnetic susceptibility, inorganic and organic matter
content, biogenic silica, fossil pigments, and diatom microfossils. Inorganic sediment accumulation increased threefold between
the mid-1800s and present, whereas clear signs of eutrophication were only evident after the mid-twentieth century when biogenic
silica accumulation increased sixfold, diatom accumulation rates increased 20- to 50- fold, and the diatom community shifted
from predominantly benthic species to assemblages composed mainly of planktonic taxa. Similarly, fossil pigment concentrations
increased during the 1960s, and diatom-inferred total phosphorus (DI-TP) increased from ~30 μg TP l−1 c. 1910 to ~60 μg l−1 since 1990, similar to historical records since 1980. Together, these patterns demonstrate that initial land clearance did
not result in substantive declines in water quality or nutrient mass transport, instead, substantial degradation of downstream
environments was restricted to the latter half of the twentieth century.
This is one of eight papers dedicated to the “Recent Environmental History of the Upper Mississippi River” published in this
special issue of the Journal of Paleolimnology. D. R. Engstrom served as guest editor of the special issue. 相似文献
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The lead pollution history, based on the accumulation rate of total Pb and ratio of stable isotopes (206Pb/207Pb), was studied in the annually laminated sediment of a small lake in Finland (62°20′ N; 25°41′ E). The sediment chronology
based on varve counting provided a unique opportunity to explore and date signals of Pb emissions, including the ancient metallurgical
activities of the Roman Empire at the beginning of the Current Era. Changes in the ratio of stable isotopes gave a pronounced
signal of the atmospheric Pb fallout in AD 32–392, although this was not distinguishable in the accumulation rate of total
Pb, as it was observed in previous work. Calculated accumulations of the ancient pollution Pb were low, the highest values
being 0.2–0.3 mg m2 a−1 in AD 144–392, corresponding 14–21% of the accumulation of total Pb. The accumulation of pollution Pb collapsed in the fifth
century and remained at or close to the background level up to the eleventh century. After this, the accumulation rate of
pollution Pb began to increase and reached 1.2 mg m2 a−1 in AD 1420–1439, corresponding to 44% of the total Pb accumulation. During five centuries, from AD 1420–1895, the average
accumulation of pollution Pb was 2.6 mg m2 a−1, the variation being from 0.8 to 4.8 mg m2 a−1. The accumulation of Pb started to increase exponentially in the early twentieth century, and the highest accumulations of
pollution Pb (11–22 mg m2 a−1, corresponding 50–76% of the annual accumulation of total Pb) were dated to AD 1926–1985. The banning of the use of leaded
fuel has led to a pronounced decrease in the accumulation of pollution Pb since the 1980s, and the present accumulation rate
represents the level that prevailed 80–120 years ago. 相似文献
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Atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen (Nr) has enriched oligotrophic lakes with nitrogen (N) in many regions of the
world and elicited dramatic changes in diatom community structure. The lakewater concentrations of nitrate that cause these
community changes remain unclear, raising interest in the development of diatom-based transfer functions to infer nitrate.
We developed a diatom calibration set using surface sediment samples from 46 high-elevation lakes across the Rocky Mountains
of the western US, a region spanning an N deposition gradient from very low to moderate levels (<1 to 3.2 kg Nr ha−1 year−1 in wet deposition). Out of the fourteen measured environmental variables for these 46 lakes, ordination analysis identified
that nitrate, specific conductance, total phosphorus, and hypolimnetic water temperature were related to diatom distributions.
A transfer function was developed for nitrate and applied to a sedimentary diatom profile from Heart Lake in the central Rockies.
The model coefficient of determination (bootstrapping validation) of 0.61 suggested potential for diatom-inferred reconstructions
of lakewater nitrate concentrations over time, but a comparison of observed versus diatom-inferred nitrate values revealed
the poor performance of this model at low nitrate concentrations. Resource physiology experiments revealed that nitrogen requirements
of two key taxa were opposite to nitrate optima defined in the transfer function. Our data set reveals two underlying ecological
constraints that impede the development of nitrate transfer functions in oligotrophic lakes: (1) even in lakes with nitrate
concentrations below quantification (<1 μg L−1), diatom assemblages were already dominated by species indicative of moderate N enrichment; (2) N-limited oligotrophic lakes
switch to P limitation after receiving only modest inputs of reactive N, shifting the controls on diatom species changes along
the length of the nitrate gradient. These constraints suggest that quantitative inferences of nitrate from diatom assemblages
will likely require experimental approaches. 相似文献
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Juan Pablo Corella Adel El Amrani Javier Sigró Mario Morellón Eugenio Rico Blas Lorenzo Valero-Garcés 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):469-485
We present a high-resolution, multiproxy reconstruction of the depositional history of Lake Arreo, northern Spain, for the
last 60 years. We conducted sedimentological, geochemical and diatom analyses in short cores and made a detailed comparison
with regional instrumental climate data (1952–2007), limnological monitoring of the lake (1992–2008) and recent land use changes
that affect the lake catchment. Chronology is based on “floating” discontinuous varve counts and 137Cs and 14C dates. Four periods were identified in the Lake Arreo recent history: (1) prior to 1963, varved facies intercalated with
fine turbidite deposits, and diatom assemblages dominated by Cyclotella taxa indicate predominantly meromictic conditions, (2) from 1964 to 1978, permanent anoxia persisted in bottom waters, as shown
by similar facies and diatom assemblages as before, though detrital layers were coarser, (3) from 1979 to 1994, sediment delivery
to the lake increased and laminated, clastic facies were deposited, and (4) from 1995 to 2008, dominance of massive facies
and an increase in Fragilaria tenera and Achnanthes minutissima reflect relatively lower lake levels, less frequent bottom anoxia with more frequent water column mixing, similar to modern
conditions. The period 1952–1979 was a time of meromixis and varved facies deposition, and was characterized by higher rainfall
and less intense agricultural pressure in the watershed. There were two short humid periods (1992–1993 and 1996–1998) when
monitoring data show more anoxic weeks per year and relatively higher lake levels. Increased cultivation of small landholdings
in 1963, and particularly after 1979, caused a large increase in sediment delivery to the lake. The inferred lake evolution
is in agreement with monitoring data that suggest a transition from dominantly meromictic conditions prior to 1993–1994 to
a predominantly monomictic pattern of circulation since then, particularly after 2000. The synergistic effects of intensive
water extraction for irrigation and lower rainfall since 1979, and particularly since 1994, brought the long period of meromictic
conditions in Lake Arreo to an end. Water balance and sediment delivery to the lake are dominant factors that control the
limnological and mixing conditions in Lake Arreo and they must be considered in management and restoration plans. 相似文献
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Twenty high Arctic lakes and ponds were sampled for water chemistry and modern diatom assemblages in two distinct physiographic
sectors of Sirmilik National Park, Nunavut, Canada. Sites on southwestern Bylot Island were warmer, more alkaline, less dilute,
and had higher concentrations of nutrients, DOC and Chl-a (mesotrophic to oligo-mesotrophic), whereas sites on Qorbignaluk Headland on northern Baffin Island were deeper, very dilute,
mostly oligotrophic and had lower pH. Diatom assemblages differed markedly between these two regions as a consequence of limnological
differences between them. Paleolimnological records, spanning > 200 years and dated by 210Pb activity, were produced from each region to compare biological responses to recent warming inferred from glaciological
studies on Bylot Island and regional syntheses for the Arctic. Diatom assemblages began to change around AD 1900 at both sites.
At Qorbignaluk Headland, marked shifts in diatom community composition occurred during the twentieth century, with large increases
in the abundance of planktonic diatoms. At Bylot Island, diatom community changes began around the same time, and involved
modest decreases in planktonic diatoms and increases in inferred specific conductance, likely because of a decrease in the
areal extent of the small lake as a response to warming. The study confirms that responses of freshwater ecosystems to climate
warming vary depending on local physiographic factors. 相似文献
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We present a paleolimnological record spanning the Holocene from a small lake on Russell Island (Lake PW02), in the central
Canadian Arctic Archipelago (74.07° N, 97.77° W, 182 m asl). Fragilarioid diatom types in the genera Pseudostaurosira, Staurosira and Staurosirella constitute >90% of valves in fossil samples. Using modern biogeographic data which specify the temperature optima of the
Fragilarioid diatom taxa, we present new inferences about the timing of paleoclimatic changes in the central Arctic islands.
The early Holocene was characterized by maximum values for sediment organic matter, and lower ratios of Staurosirella pinnata to Staurosira construens v. venter, suggesting warm summer air temperatures between about 9500−6500 cal year BP. Influxes of biogenic silica and diatom valves
decreased following 4000 cal year BP, the sediment accumulation rate slowed and diatom taxa of the littoral zone diversified,
suggesting cooler summers and more persistent lake ice. Variations in the species composition of the assemblages indicate
paleoclimatic changes that are in broad agreement with other paleoenvironmental records from the Arctic including melt records
from the Agassiz Ice Cap. Although autecological data remain incomplete for Fragilarioid taxa, our results indicate differences
in these taxa in responses to paleoenvironmental change and underline the potential for the increased use of these taxa in
paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The record from Lake PW02, as in other records from Arctic lakes with low algal diversity
throughout the Holocene, shows a pronounced increase in diatom diversity since the 1920s, and diatom production since the
1970s far exceeds any recorded during the Holocene. 相似文献
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Diatom-inferred lake level from near-shore cores in a drainage lake from the Experimental Lakes Area,northwestern Ontario,Canada 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
We inferred late Holocene lake-level changes from a suite of near-shore gravity cores collected in Lake 239 (Rawson Lake),
a headwater lake in the Experimental Lakes Area, northwestern Ontario. Results were reproduced across all cores. A gravity
core from the deep central basin was very similar to the near-shore cores with respect to trends in the percent abundance
of the dominant diatom taxon, Cylcotella stelligera. The central basin, however, does not provide a sensitive site for reconstruction of lake-level changes because of the insensitivity
of the diatom model at very high percentages of C. stelligera and other planktonic taxa. Quantitative estimates of lake level are based on a diatom-inferred depth model that was developed
from surficial sediments collected along several depth transects in Lake 239. The lake-level reconstructions during the past
~3,000 years indicate that lake depth varied on average by ±2 m from present-day conditions, with maximum rises of ~3–4 m
and maximum declines of ~3.5–5 m. The diatom-inferred depth record indicates several periods of persistent low levels during
the nineteenth century, from ~900 to 1100 AD, and for extended periods prior to ~1,500 years ago. Periods of inferred high
lake levels occurred from ~500 to 900 AD and ~1100 to 1650 AD. Our findings suggest that near-shore sediments from small drainage
lakes in humid climates can be used to assess long-term fluctuations in lake level and water availability. 相似文献
12.
A high resolution proxy-climate record from an arctic lake with annually-laminated sediments on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sediments from a 3 ha lake (75 °34.34N, 89 °18.55W) from the coastal region of northern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, contain discrete laminations in the deepest part of the basin. The laminations are varves as indicated by the correspondence between counts and thickness measurements of the couplets and 210Pb dating. A 14 cm core representing 150 years of sedimentation contained laminated couplets consisting of a lighter inorganic layer with a higher percentage of calcium and magnesium, alternating with fine darker bands, typically more cohesive, and comprising higher proportions of silica and carbon. A reddish oxidation zone with higher iron and aluminum frequently separates the laminations. The dark layer represents a biogenic component deposited in summer and is made cohesive by bacterial filaments among the other particles. The light inorganic layer represents clastic deposition from allochthonous sources. Deposition rates were relatively consistent through the core with an increase in varve thickness in the 1950s. Diatom concentrations in the sediments increased by two orders of magnitude in this century, with major increases in the 1920s and 1950s. The increase in varve thickness and diatom abundance coincides with an increase in summer melt percentage in an ice core from the Devon Island Ice Cap (Koerner, 1977). The relatively high sedimentation rate (0.15 cm yr-1) coupled with the consistency of deposition makes this lake a significant indicator for recent climate changes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 相似文献
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Hongya Wang Yuying Huo Lingyun Zeng Xiouqin Wu Yunlong Cai 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(3):897-921
Shibanqiao Reservoir (25°56′56.5′′ N, 105°26′44.5′′ E and ∼1400 m a.s.l.), southwest Guizhou Plateau, SW China, was built
in 1958. It lies in an area of sub-tropical monsoon humid climate in a carbonate-rock-dominated catchment of 6 km2. Two sediment cores (24 and 23 cm long) were retrieved from the reservoir, and four soil profiles were sampled in the catchment.
Mineral magnetism was measured on all sediment and soil samples. Soil and sediment magnetic measurements together with analyses
of sediment 137Cs activity, particle-size, TOC, and C/N revealed changes in soil erosion between 1960 and 2002. During some phases, erosion
(probably as splashing and/or sheeting) was relatively low and tended to take place only in the topsoil as indicated by high
ARM/SIRM of the sediments. During other phases, erosion (probably as rilling and/or initial gullying) was relatively intense
and thus disturbed the deeper soils, as expressed by high IRM−100mT/SIRM. Most of the changes in relative intensity of erosion can be ascribed to fluctuations in precipitation. Changes in land
use/land cover or human activities may account, in part, for changes in soil erosion inferred for four more roughly identified
periods. 相似文献
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Environmental Changes at the Desert Margin: An Assessment of Recent Paleolimnological Records in Lake Qarun, Middle Egypt 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
R. J. Flower C Stickley N. L. Rose S Peglar A. A. Fathi P. G. Appleby 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(1):1-24
Lake Qarun has been profoundly affected by a combination of human activities and climatic changes during the past 5000 years.
Instrumental records available for the 20th century show that during most of this period both lake water level and salinity increased and that by the late 1980s lake water salinity was approximately that of seawater.
Sediment cores (c. 1 m long) were collected from this shallow (Zmax 8.4 m) saline lake in 1998 and the master core (QARU1) was used to examine the potential of paleolimnology for reconstructing
the recent environmental history of the site. According to 137Cs and 210Pb radio-assay, the recent sediment accumulation rate in QARU1 was around 5 mm year−1 during the latter half of the 20th century but radionuclide levels were low. Spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs) were
present in the upper c. 30 cm of QARU1 and indicates contamination by low level particulate pollution, probably beginning
around 1950. The record of exotic pollen (Casuarina) indicated that sediment at 51–52 cm depth dated to around 1930. Otherwise the pollen spectra indicated a strongly disturbed
landscape with high ruderals and increased tree planting particularly since c. 1950. Diatom records were strongly affected
by taphonomic processes including reworking and differential preservation but typical marine diatoms increased after the 1920s.
Instrumental records show that the lake became more saline at this time. Freshwater taxa were present at approximately similar
abundances throughout the core. This distribution probably reflected a combination of processes. Reworking of ancient freshwater
diatomites is one likely source for freshwater diatoms in QARU1 but some taxa must also be contributed via the freshwater
inflows. Overall, the diatom stratigraphy indicated increasingly salinity since the 1920s but provided no firm evidence of
lake eutrophication. Diatom inferred salinity reconstructions were in only partial agreement with instrumental records but
inferred for the lower section of the core (pre 20th century to the 1960s) accord with measured water salinity values. Surficial
sediments of Lake Qarun contain environmental change records for the 20th century period but high sediment accumulation rate
and pollen reflect the high degree of human disturbance in the region. Because of poor preservation and evidence of reworking,
the relationships between diatom records and past water quality changes require careful interpretation, especially in the
upper section of the core. Nevertheless, early to mid 20th century measurements of increasing lake water salinity are well
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A late Holocene diatom stratigraphy of Bottom Pond (37°05′S, 12°17′W) was studied and interpreted to infer paleolimnological
and climate changes on Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic. The diatom flora of Bottom Pond is dominated by meroplanktonic Aulacoseira alpigena and A. distans and a benthic/epiphytic flora including Achnanthes spp., Naviculadicta spp., Eunotia taxa and Frustulia rhomboides. The flora also includes an important terrestrial and aerophytic component, consisting of several Diadesmis spp., Navicula lapidosa, Nitzschia terrestris and some Pinnularia spp., at times dominating the flora. Peaks of high terrestrial diatom abundances and low abundances and concentrations of
Aulacoseira spp., correspond to periods of increased magnetic susceptibility and are interpreted to be the result of increased catchment
erosion and/or precipitation leading to enhanced in-wash of species living in the soils around the lake. The diatom record
of Bottom Pond most likely registers both local responses to increased erosion in the catchment as well as climatic change
of a more regional character. Comparisons with the geochemical record in 2nd Pond on Nightingale Island show a correspondence
between the two data sets at 2,000–1,750 cal yrs BP, most likely evidence of increased precipitation in the Tristan da Cunha
region. The Tristan da Cunha archipelago is situated at the northern limit of the Southern hemisphere west wind belt and stronger
and/or a northward shift of the westerlies, are probably the main causes of the precipitation changes. 相似文献
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We examined changes at the community and population level of sedimentary diatoms over a wide temporal and spatial gradient
of metal pollution encountered in cores from three lakes in the Abitibi mining region (Québec, Canada). Diatom communities
on the whole appeared to be very tolerant of metal contamination, as shown by diatom cell accumulation rates decreasing only
under the most severe conditions of contamination, which were found from the 1930s to the 1980s in Lac Dufault (cadmium, up
to 94 μg/g dry sediment; Cu, up to 8600 μg/g; Zn, up to 9000 μg/g). Under the moderate conditions of contamination observed
in the other two lakes and in the most recent sediment of Lac Dufault, diatom cell accumulation rates tended to increase over
values typical of the pre-mining period. However, there were increasing rearrangements of the community composition along
the contamination gradient. Under moderate metal enrichment, the diatom community of Lac Vaudray experienced only subtle changes,
with Cyclotella stelligera, albeit decreasing, remaining the dominant taxon. In the intermediately contaminated Lac Caron, several benthic taxa, noticeably
Cymbella silesiaca and several Fragilaria species, rose in taxonomic importance. The most extreme contamination observed in Lac Dufault led to a severely impoverished
community almost entirely represented by Achnanthes minutissima and Brachysira vitrea. With increasing levels of contamination, there was a shift from planktonic to benthic taxa and morphotypes and a consistent
decrease in the siliceous stomatocysts/diatom frustules ratio. These trends suggest that littoral zones may represent an
important refugium under conditions of high contamination. Responses to metal stress were in general more evident at the population
than at the community level. Cyclotella stelligera and B. vitrea had a consistent negative and positive response, respectively, along the gradient and are the most promising indicators of
metal pollution for this region. 相似文献
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Zbyněk Engel Grzegorz Skrzypek Debajyoti Paul Wojciech Drzewicki Daniel Nývlt 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(4):609-624
This study presents detailed lithostratigraphy and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic variations in a 520-cm-long sediment
core from a cirque basin in the Labsky důl Valley, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic. Detailed study of the core reveals
five major periods of sedimentation during the last 7600 years: silt and sand deposition during ~7.6–5.1 ka cal BP, Sphagnum peat accumulation during ~5.1–4.0 ka cal BP, sandy silt and sand during ~4.0–2.8 ka cal BP, raised peat bog during ~2.8–2.0 ka cal
BP (Sphagnum peat), and sedimentation of sandy silt since ~2.0 ka cal BP. The δ13C values of the organic matter in the core vary in the range typical for C3 plants, from −24.35 to −27.68‰, whereas the δ15N values vary from −2.65 to +4.35‰. Core sections having ash contents ≥70% have δ15N > 1‰ and δ13C < −26‰, whereas those having ≤70% ash content have δ15N < 1‰ and δ13C > −26‰. Strong linear correlations are observed between δ13C and δ15N values as well as between C:N ratios and δ15N values in the horizons with ash content >10%, primarily for sand and silt horizons. On the other hand, poor correlations
between δ13C and C:N ratio, as well as δ15N and C:N ratio, were observed in Sphagnum peat layers (45–125 and 185–265 cm). We conclude that the primary stable isotope variations are not preserved in the layers
where significant correlation between δ15N and C:N ratio is observed. The relatively small δ13C variation in the uppermost Sphagnum peat layer suggests stable temperature during ~2.8–2.0 ka cal BP. 相似文献
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Beatriz Ortega Gabriel Vázquez Margarita Caballero Isabel Israde Socorro Lozano-García Peter Schaaf Esperanza Torres 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(3):745-760
Geochemical data obtained from X-ray fluorescence, physical properties, total organic and inorganic carbon content (TOC/TIC),
and diatom analysis from a 6.61-m-long sedimentary sequence near the modern northern shore of Lake Zirahuen (101° 44′ W, 19°
26′ N, 2000 m asl) provide a reconstruction of lacustrine sedimentation during the last approximately 17 cal kyr BP. A time
scale is based on ten AMS 14C dates and by tephra layers from Jorullo (AD 1759-1764) and Paricutin (AD 1943-1952) volcanoes. The multiproxy analyses presented
in this study reveal abrupt changes in environmental and climatic conditions. The results are compared to the paleo-record
from nearby Lake Patzcuaro. Dry conditions and low lake level are inferred in the late Pleistocene until ca. 15 cal kyr BP,
followed by a slight but sustained increase in lake level, as well as a higher productivity, peaking at ca. 12.1 cal kyr BP.
This interpretation is consistent with several regional climatic reconstructions in central Mexico, but it is in opposition
to record from Lake Patzcuaro. A sediment hiatus bracketed between 12.1 and 7.2 cal kyr BP suggests a drop in lake level in
response to a dry early Holocene. A deeper, more eutrophic and turbid lake is recorded after 7.2 cal kyr BP. Lake level at
the coring site during the mid Holocene is considered the highest for the past 17 cal kyr BP. The emplacement of the La Magueyera
lava flows (LMLF), dated by thermoluminiscence at 6560 ± 950 year, may have reduced basin volume and contributed to the relative
deepening of the lake after 7.2 cal kyr BP. The late Holocene (after 3.9 cal kyr BP) climate is characterized by high instability.
Extensive erosion, lower lake levels, dry conditions and pulses of high sediment influx due to high rainfall are inferred
for this time. Further decrease in lake level and increased erosion are recorded after ca. AD 1050, at the peak of Purepechas
occupation (AD 1300–1521), and until the eighteenth century. Few lacustrine records extend back to the late Pleistocene—early
Holocene in central Mexico; this paper contributes to the understanding of late Pleistocene-Holocene paleoclimates in this
region. 相似文献
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In this paper, the relationships between paleo-precipitation and the regional influence of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
in South America are assessed from a high-resolution calendar varve-thickness record. Two short laminated sediment cores (53
and 61 cm length) from Lago Puyehue (40° S) are analysed by continuous varve measurements through the last 600 years. The
calendar varve years are determined by the occurrence of graded planktonic-rich layers. The annual sediment accumulation rates
are reconstructed by using the standard varve-counting methods on thin sections. The 1980–2000 varve-thickness record is interpreted
in terms of climate through correlation with limnological and local monthly instrumental climate databases. The comparison
between the standardized varve thickness with the instrumental records reveals a strong correlation (r = 0.75, р = 0.07) between the total varve thickness and the austral autumn/winter precipitation. We argue that strong austral winter
winds and precipitation are the forcing factors for the seasonal turn-over and phytoplankton increase in the lake sediments.
During strong El Nino events the precipitation and the winds decrease abnormally, hence reducing the thickness of the biogenic
sediments deposited after the winter turn-over. Our results show one significant regional maximum peak of winter precipitation
(>900 mm) in the mid 20th century and a significant period with lower winter precipitation (<400 mm) before the 15th century,
i.e., the late Medieval Warm Period. The first peak in the mid 20th century is confirmed by the regional precipitation database.
The influence of ENSO cycles over the last 600 years is assessed by spectral analysis in Fagel et al. (2007). The possible influence of the regional volcanism and/or the seismic activity on the local climate record is also discussed.
This is the sixth in a series of eight papers published in this special issue dedicated to the 17,900 year multi-proxy lacustrine record of
Lago Puyehue, Chilean Lake District. The papers in this special issue were collected by M. De Batist, N. Fagel, M. -F. Loutre
and E. Chapron. 相似文献
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Kathleen R. Laird Melanie V. Kingsbury Brian F. Cumming 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(4):1009-1024
We analyzed surface-sediment samples collected along transects from three sub-basins of a relatively large (~115 ha), bathymetrically
complex lake, in northwest Ontario, Canada, to assess the reproducibility of diatom species habitats and diversity along a
water-depth gradient. Transects displayed different orientations with respect to prevailing wind direction and varied in complexity
and degree of slope along the lake bottom. Each transect consisted of three replicate samples at a resolution of ~1 m water
depth from ~1 to 30 m for the two deep-basin transects and from ~1 to 18 m in the shallower basin. Distinct diatom assemblages
were identified in all transects: (1) a near-shore community composed largely of attached life-forms and some motile benthic
taxa, (2) a mid-depth community composed largely of motile life-forms and other benthic taxa that are adapted to lower light
conditions (e.g. Staurosirella pinnata), and (3) a deep-water community dominated by planktonic taxa. Species richness was highest in the benthic zones (<9 m),
with greatest species evenness in the mid-depth zone (~3–9 m). Species richness and evenness were highly correlated across
the three transects (r = 0.89–0.93, p < 0.01). Diatom-inferred depth models were developed from the individual transects to assess reproducibility and applicability
for down-core analyses using modern analog (MAT) and weighted-averaging (WA-PLS) approaches. Coefficients of determination
(r
2) for these models ranged from 0.80 to 0.98, and RMSEP ranged from 1.2 to 4.2 m. The models developed from the transect with
the highest resolution sampling, gentlest non-complex slope and shallowest maximum depth were the strongest (
r\textMAT2 = 0.97 r_{\text{MAT}}^{2} = 0.97 ;
r\textWA - PLS2 = 0.98 r_{\text{WA - PLS}}^{2} = 0.98 ) and had the lowest RMSEP (MAT = 1.2 m, WA-PLS = 1.3 m). These inference models can be used to infer past fluctuations in
the depth of the benthic/planktonic boundary from cores retrieved near this ecotone and provide a sensitive record of the
past change in location of the benthic zone. These types of data can be used to assess past variability in droughts and lake
levels to better plan for potential future extremes. Such records incorporate more realistic estimates of natural variability
than the ~100-year instrumental records currently used by water resource managers. 相似文献