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Sedimentary Cladocera as indicators of past water-level changes in shallow northern lakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Liisa Nevalainen ,
Kaarina Sarmaja-Korjonen  and
Tomi P. Luoto
Liisa Nevalainen*
Affiliation:
Institute for Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mondseestraße 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
Kaarina Sarmaja-Korjonen
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences and Geography, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Tomi P. Luoto
Affiliation:
Institute for Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mondseestraße 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria Department of Geosciences and Geography, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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⁎Corresponding author. Fax: + 43 6232 3578.
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Abstract

The usability of subfossil Cladocera assemblages in reconstructing long-term changes in lake level was examined by testing the relationship between Cladocera-based planktonic/littoral (P/L) ratio and water-level inference model in a surface-sediment dataset and in a 2000-yr sediment record in Finland. The relationships between measured and inferred water levels and P/L ratios were significant in the dataset, implying that littoral taxa are primarily deposited in shallow littoral areas, while planktonic cladocerans accumulate abundantly mainly in deepwater locations. The 2000-yr water-level reconstructions based on the water-level inference model and P/L ratio corresponded closely with each other and with a previously available midge-inferred water-level reconstruction from the same core, showing a period of lower water level around AD 300–1000 and suggesting that the methods are valid for paleolimnological and -climatological use.

Keywords

Lake levelLate HoloceneSubfossil CladoceraPlanktonic/littoral ratioTransfer functionPaleoclimatology
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 430 - 437
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University of Washington

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