Comparative analysis of cladoceran microfossils in the Don and Scarborough Formations,Toronto, Canada |
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| Authors: | B J Hann P F Karrow |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;(2) Department of Earth Sciences and Quaternary Sciences Institute, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Pleistocene deposits at Toronto, consisting of Don Formation (considered to be of Sangamonian interglacial age) and Scarborough Formation (interpreted to be Early Wisconsinan, >50 000 years B.P.) were examined at three sites: Don Valley Brickyard, Leaside, and at the south end of Brimley Road at the foot of the Scarborough Bluffs. Comparison of the cladoceran microfossil assemblages described from these sites has enabled reconstruction of the lacustrine environment of the region.Cladoceran microfossil evidence from each site confirmed the disparity in community composition and structure, and in environmental conditions that existed during deposition of the Don and Scarborough Formations. Cladocera community composition averaged 40–45% remains of littoral species in the warmer Don interval at all three sites. The Scarborough Formation contained a more homogeneous cladoceran assemblage, with higher community similarity across sites than observed in the Don Formation. However, there was greater variation in the littoral: planktonic ratio among sites, ranging from >0.90 at Leaside to <0.10 at Brimley Road.Stratigraphically constrained cluster analysis of cladoceran microfossil assemblages clearly separated the communities in the Don Formation from those in the Scarborough Formation at each site. During the interglacial, the Don Brickyard site appears to have been a shallow, protected embayment on the lake shore, whereas the other sites are more distinctly lacustrine. The Scarborough assemblage at each site is representative of deeper, oligotrophic, subarctic lakes. |
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| Keywords: | interglacial Sangamon Don Brickyard Cladocera Don Formation Scarborough Formation animal microfossils |
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