Journal article
Biogeochemical Responses to Holocene Catchment-Lake Dynamics in the Tasmanian World Heritage Area, Australia
M Mariani, KK Beck, MS Fletcher, P Gell, KM Saunders, P Gadd, R Chisari
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1029/2017JG004136
Abstract
Environmental changes such as climate, land use, and fire activity affect terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at multiple scales of space and time. Due to the nature of the interactions between terrestrial and aquatic dynamics, an integrated study using multiple proxies is critical for a better understanding of climate- and fire-driven impacts on environmental change. Here we present a synthesis of biological and geochemical data (pollen, spores, diatoms, micro X-ray fluorescence scanning, CN content, and stable isotopes) from Dove Lake, Tasmania, allowing us to disentangle long-term terrestrial-aquatic dynamics through the last 12 kyear. We found that aquatic dynamics at Dove Lake are tightl..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by Australian Research Council (ARC) grants DI110100019 and IN140100050. M. M. was also supported by an AINSE PGRA scholarship (12039) and the John and Allan Gilmour Science Award 2016 (Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne). Kristen K. Beck would like to thank the Albert Shimmins Fund for their financial support. We acknowledge that our work was conducted on Tasmanian Aboriginal lands and thank the Tasmanian Aboriginal community for their support. We thank Michael Comfort from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) for granting the permit to core Dove Lake. We also thank Simon Connor, Valentina Vanghi, Anthony Romano, and Coralie Tate for assistance in the field. Data produced within the present work will be made available upon publication on NEOTOMA (https://www.neotomadb.org/).