The usefulness of subfossil Cladocera remains in Younger Dryas climatic reconstructions in central Poland

Pawłowski, Dominik

doi:10.1515/agp-2017-0026

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“…Subfossil remains of Cladocera, a group of microcrustaceans, were preserved in the sediments. These aquatic invertebrates are widely used to describe climatic changes (e.g., Nevalainen et al 2012;Pawłowski 2017), changes in lake level (e.g., Nevalainen 2011) and to reveal the trophic status of lakes including human-environment relationships (Tóth et al 2019).…”

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Multi-proxy records of Mesolithic activity in the Lubuskie Lakeland (western Poland)

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Pawłowski

Milecka

et al. 2019

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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The results of high-resolution records of pollen, plant macroremains and charred plant particles, diatoms, Cladocera and geochemistry from a 14 C-dated core, and geomorphological studies enabled the reconstruction of landscape development at a site in western Poland which was occupied by Mesolithic hunter-gatherer groups. Special attention was paid to the evidence of human activities recorded in the sediments of the palaeolake located next to the archaeological site. The presence of pollen types from communities characteristic of openings in the forest, macroscopic/microscopic charcoal, and charred particles of herbaceous plants (mostly from between 5500 and 4600 bc, with clearly visible maxima ca 5300, 4900 and 4700 bc) evidence the changes related to these various kinds of activities. These analyses allowed us to reconstruct the fire events at and around the site as well as to consider whether they originated from natural or human induced fires. The increase in the biogenic sediments of elements such as Na, K and Mg indicate an intensive erosion of mineral soil between 5100 and 4600 bc, mirroring human activity in the vicinity of the Kopanica site. In addition, Cladocera analysis permitted a detailed recognition of palaeolake eutrophication ca 7200-4600 bc, also eutrophication induced by human impact between 5100 and 4600 bc.

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Multi-proxy records of Mesolithic activity in the Lubuskie Lakeland (western Poland)

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Pawłowski

Milecka

et al. 2019

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“…On the other hand, Cladocera produce ephippia, which are highly resistant to freezing and desiccation (Fryer, 1996) and in cold climates their larger numbers (cf. chydorids) are generally found in lake sediments as the relative duration of the asexual reproduction period is limited in the presence of an open-water shorter season (Sarmaja-Korjonen & Seppä, 2007;Frisch et al, 2012;Pawłowski, 2017).…”

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“…Nevalainen et al, 2012;Nevalainen & Luoto, 2017). Also, Cladocera have been used successfully in mean July air temperature transfer function and water depth inference models (Nevalainen, 2011;Nevalainen et al, 2012;Pawłowski, 2017). In this regard, the use of appropriate statistical methods for the reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental conditions has proved an important component of palaeolimnological studies (e.g.…”

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From oxbow to mire: Chironomidae and Cladocera as habitat palaeoindicators

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Chironomidae and Cladocera are useful palaeoindicators to describe long-term dynamics in biodiversity of freshwater aquatic communities. However, palaeoecological studies relying on these aquatic invertebrates have generally focused on post-glacial lakes, with relatively few applications to floodplain water bodies such as palaeo-oxbow lakes. In this study, zone-level (stratigraphic) trends in Chironomidae and Cladocera assemblage composition were analysed from a small palaeo-oxbow lake in a Central European river valley of Poland. Summer air temperature and hydrological conditions were found to be the main drivers of Cladocera and Chironomidae populations, causing a cascade effect in assemblage composition. At the local habitat scale, there were autecological differences in both taxonomic groups reflecting different responses to abiotic and biotic factors. Specifically, Cladocera responded distinctly to plant vegetation and fish predation during the Late Glacial lake phase, whereas Chironomidae were more sensitive to paludification processes and disappeared in the Northgrippian dry phase of the mire. Both groups indicated fluvial activity of the River Grabia, although the response was different. Also, species richness was higher in the more taxonomically diverse Chironomidae compared to Cladocera. As both groups responded to the same factors in a different way, it is recommended that they should be used in parallel in palaeoecological research studies.

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“…Therefore, cladocerans can be successfully used for water level reconstructions [25,26]. These microcrustaceans also indicate changes in the trophic status of lakes, including human-environment relationships [27], lake levels [28] including overbank episodes in floodplain areas [29,30], and climate change [31,32]. The Holocene lake level changes are very well documented for Eastern Europe.…”

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Middle Holocene Climate Oscillations Recorded in the Western Dvina Lakeland

Mroczkowska

Pawłowski

Gauthier

et al. 2021

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Although extensive archeological research works have been conducted in the Serteya region in recent years, the Holocene climate history in the Western Dvina Lakeland in Western Russia is still poorly understood. The Neolithic human occupation of the Serteyka lake–river system responded to climate oscillations, resulting in the development of a pile-dwelling settlement between 5.9 and 4.2 ka cal BP. In this paper, we present the quantitative paleoclimatic reconstructions of the Northgrippian stage (8.2–4.2 ka cal BP) from the Great Serteya Palaeolake Basin. The reconstructions were created based on a multiproxy (Chironomidae, pollen and Cladocera) approach. The mean July air temperature remained at 17–20 °C, which is similar to the present temperature in the Smolensk Upland. The summer temperature revealed only weak oscillations during 5.9 and 4.2 ka cal BP. A more remarkable feature during those events was an increase in continentality, manifested by a lower winter temperature and lower annual precipitation. During the third, intermediate oscillation in 5.0–4.7 ka cal BP, a rise in summer temperature and stronger shifts in continental air masses were recorded. It is still unclear if the above-described climate fluctuations are linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation and can be interpreted as an indication of Bond events because only a few high-resolution paleoclimatic reconstructions from the region have been presented and these reconstructions do not demonstrate explicit oscillations in the period of 5.9 and 4.2 ka cal BP.

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The usefulness of subfossil Cladocera remains in Younger Dryas climatic reconstructions in central Poland

Cited by 12 publications

References 70 publications

Multi-proxy records of Mesolithic activity in the Lubuskie Lakeland (western Poland)

Multi-proxy records of Mesolithic activity in the Lubuskie Lakeland (western Poland)

From oxbow to mire: Chironomidae and Cladocera as habitat palaeoindicators

Middle Holocene Climate Oscillations Recorded in the Western Dvina Lakeland

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