Origin and geographical characteristics of ponds in a high mountain region of central Japan

Takaoka, Sadao

doi:10.1007/s10201-014-0444-1

Cited by 15 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This indicates that snowy conditions contributed to the Mires and ponds, which were also associated with an increase in the number of vegetation types in landslide-body polygons, also appeared to be influenced by snowy conditions and micro-landforms within landslide bodies. These wetlands occur in depressions in landslide bodies (Kariya et al 2013;Takaoka 2015) where the depressions collect rainwater and snowmelt. The results of my Random Forest analysis suggest that maximum snow depth and summer temperature are important variables with respect to the development of mires (Table 5).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

Takaoka

2019

Mountain Research and Development

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sasa grasslands are dominated by Sasa species, including Sasa pygmaea, Sasa senanensis, and Sasa kurilensis. It is essential to consider ponds when analyzing biodiversity in mountainous areas (Takaoka 2015); therefore even ponds with areas smaller than 100 m 2 were recorded.…”

Section: Vegetation Classificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

Takaoka

2019

Mountain Research and Development

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…There are several well‐documented processes known to form patterned ponding in gently sloping subalpine and alpine environments. The biological processes involved in the development of ponds in organic systems, such as in patterned mires, have been well‐studied (Cheng et al ., ; Takaoka, ). Ponds formed on subalpine plains by landslides, solifluction (Ellis et al ., ; Troll, ), animal activities (Hering et al ., ; Polvi & Wohl, ), and the melting of ice deposited in moraines (Kalettka & Rudat, ; Winkler & Sanford, ) have also been documented.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pits, mounds, and vernal ponds in a Tasmanian subalpine grassland

Harrison‐Day

Kirkpatrick

2019

Geographical Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Falling trees commonly turbate soils in primary forest, creating characteristic edaphic patterns related to pit and mound topography. Vernal ponds with associated mounds were observed in mineral soils on a treeless plain in subalpine Tasmania, Australia. The hypothesis that paired ponds and mounds on the plain originated as pit and mound features in forests that were later destroyed by fire was tested by comparing the soils and landforms caused by recent tree falls in adjacent forest with those on the plain. The soil characteristics, orientations, and dimensions of the ponds and mounds were consistent with a tree fall origin, although rare secondary ponds on the tops of mounds may derive from the burrowing activities of the medium‐sized marsupial, Vombatus ursinus (common wombat). The characteristics of pond and mound soils suggested that most were hundreds to thousands of years old, with the ponds persisting because of differences in deflation, deposition, and organic matter formation between themselves and adjacent persistently dry land.

show abstract

“…Subalpine and alpine ponds frequently support rare species (Kiflawi et al, ; Hamerlik et al, ). Pond morphology and characteristics are important in determining the direction, speed of flow and retention of water in an area, and in determining microclimate, due to their influence on snow cover duration and cold air pool formation (Takaoka, ; Ferone and Devito, ). Ponds as landforms have intrinsic, cultural and aesthetic, research and educational values (Brocx, ; Dixon, ; Gray, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ponds formed by mass‐wasting events, such as landslides (Takaoka, ), and solifluction (Weller, ; Costin et al, ) are present in many high altitude environments. Kettle ponds also occur in alpine and subalpine locations (Costin et al, ; Winkler and Sandford, ; Kalettka and Rudat, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The origin and persistence of alpine vernal ponds in mineral soils

Harrison‐Day

Atkinson

Kirkpatrick

2019

Earth Surf Processes Landf

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Little is known of the processes that create and maintain vernal ponds in mineral soils in alpine environments. On the Central Plateau, Tasmania, we tested the hypotheses that vernal pond complexes on mineral soils formed in response to the underlying topography of a glacio-fluvial plain; relate to present day topography; resulted from past damming by organic accumulation; are moulded by wind. The underlying topography did not relate to the surface ponds, nor were they on steeper slopes than adjacent areas without ponds. The morphology of the ponds and the morphological and edaphic characteristics of the pond complexes and adjacent areas are consistent with an origin by organic material damming. The strongest winds orientate most ponds, rather than the aspect of the slope. Sediments were preferentially caught on sticky traps to the northeast of the ponds, away from fierce prevailing southwesterly winds. Temperature measurements and fortnightly observation showed non-concordant patterns of variation in water levels in the ponds. We deduce that the complexes of vernal ponds may have formed in previous moister conditions more favourable to organic matter accumulation, possibly in the early Holocene, and are maintained by a faster rate of accumulation of mineral and organic particles in the tussock grassland adjacent to the ponds than in the ponds themselves.

show abstract

Origin and geographical characteristics of ponds in a high mountain region of central Japan

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

Pits, mounds, and vernal ponds in a Tasmanian subalpine grassland

The origin and persistence of alpine vernal ponds in mineral soils

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About