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QUATERNARY RESEARCH
卷 65, 期 3, 页码 421-430出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.02.001
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paleolimnology; Arctic Canada; soft-water lakes; diatoms; pH; climate change
A diatom-based palcolimnological investigation was conducted on late Holocene sediments from a poorly buffered lake, informally named Rock Basin Lake, on Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. The fossil diatom record is unlike any other obtained thus far from high arctic regions, exhibiting dynamic assemblage shifts over the entire similar to 3300 yr sedimentary record. Multiple proxies (i.e., diatorns, pH reconstructions, biogenic silica, C/N ratios, total organic carbon) appear to sensitively track rapid limnological changes, which are associated with distinct climate intervals as inferred from other regional proxy records. The highly responsive nature of the diatom assemblages in Rock Basin Lake, relative to those recorded from nearby alkaline sites, appears to be related to this lake's limited ability to buffer changes in pH. The dynamic species responses suggest that the diatoms in Rock Basin Lake are faithfully tracking climatic changes, and that low-alkalinity lakes may provide the most sensitive diatom-based paleolimno logical records from high arctic regions. (c) 2006 University of Washington. All rights reserved.
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