Contribution of non-pollen palynomorphs to reconstructions of land-use changes and lake eutrophication: case study from Lake Jaczno, northeastern Poland

Limnological Review

Enters Dirk¹  Żarczyński Maurycy Jacek²  Poraj-Górska Anna Izabela²  Weisbrodt Dawid²  Tylmann Wojciech² 

[1] University of Bremen, Institute of Geography, GEOPOLAR, Celsiusstr. FVG–M, D-28359 Bremen, Germany;University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland;

关键词: lake sediments;    non-pollen palynomorphs;    pollen;    secondary succession;    varves;   

DOI  :  10.1515/limre-2016-0027

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Analysis of non-pollen palynomorphs supplemented by pollen analysis, microcharcoal analysis and geochemical data from laminated sediments from Lake Jaczno were used to establish different phases of land-use in the catchment between c.a. AD 1840 and AD 2013. The results show that during the first eighty years the vicinity of the lake was heavily deforested. During this period erosional inputs caused accumulation of abundant fungal spores, indicators of pastures and natural fertilizers (manure) as well as of corroded pollen grains and charcoal. Gradual regeneration of forest cover took place after World War II, when expansion of pioneer trees occurred (Betula, Salix, Carpinus, Populus). At the same time, a considerable increase in the lake trophy was observed, leading to the changes in phytoplankton and macrophyte communities: a decrease in the proportion of Botryococcus and an increase in the Nymphaea alba population. The non-pollen palynomorphs analyses indicate the substantial human impact that caused changing local environmental conditions, compatible with the results based on pollen analysis and geochemical data.

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