Using palaeoecology to advise peatland conservation: An example from West Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire, UK

McCarroll, Julia; Chambers, Frank M.; Webb, Julia C; Thom, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2016.02.002

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“…Palaeoecological data can provide a valuable long-term perspective on contemporary ecosystem dynamics [2,3,69] but are not fully utilized in conservation management [70]. The present study is of interest for nature management of wetlands.…”

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Multicore Study of Upper Holocene Mire Development in West-Frisia, Northern Netherlands: Ecological and Archaeological Aspects

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We studied twelve late Holocene organic deposits in West-Frisia, The Netherlands. Pollen, spores, non-pollen palynomorphs, mosses, other botanical macrofossils and insect remains were recorded for reconstructions of changing environmental conditions. Eastern West-Frisia was a cultivated landscape during the Bronze Age, but it became a freshwater wetland in the Late Bronze Age. In most of our sites, radiocarbon dates show that time transgressive inundation of soils preceded the climate shift at 850 cal BC for several centuries. We suggest that solar forcing of climate change may have delivered the final push to the inundation and depopulation of West-Frisia, which had already commenced several centuries before, due to sealevel rise. We did not find evidence for significant Bronze Age tree growth in West-Frisia before the inundations. Vegetation successions in the new wetlands developed from shallow mineral-rich freshwater to rich-fen vegetation. Subsequently poor fen vegetation with birch and pine developed, and the natural succession led to ombrotrophic raised bog vegetation. Complete successions from shallow, mineral-rich lakes to raised bog lasted between 1000 and 1500 calendar years. We hypothesize that medieval drainage and reclamation became possible only when the mires of West-Frisia had reached the raised bog stage. Reclamation of raised bogs by medieval farmers (drainage, eutrophication, peat digging) caused compaction, oxidation and loss of the upper part of the peat deposit. Seeds of salt-tolerant and salt-demanding plant species indicate that the medieval sites were inundated during storm surges with brackish or salt water, which triggered the farmers to build artificial mounds and, later, dikes. Under mounds and dikes, peat deposits remained protected against further decay. With our data we deliver a long-term perspective on contemporary ecosystem dynamics of freshwater wetlands, relevant for nature conservation and future climate change.

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Section: Relevance For Management Of Wetlands (Research Question 4)mentioning

confidence: 98%

Multicore Study of Upper Holocene Mire Development in West-Frisia, Northern Netherlands: Ecological and Archaeological Aspects

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“…In addition, peat humification is one of the most extensively used paleoclimate proxies. In recent decades, there has been growth in the use of humification data as a tool for peatland paleoclimate analysis (Aaby and Tauber, ; Blackford and Chambers, ; Barber et al ., ; Langdon and Barber, ; McCarroll et al ., ). The relationship between peat humification and peat‐surface wetness has been found, and lower humification generally indicates wet‐shifts (Blackford, ; Wang et al ., ).…”

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Characteristics of peat humification, magnetic susceptibility and trace elements of Hani peatland, northeastern China: paleoclimatic implications

Cheng

Mao

et al. 2017

Atmospheric Science Letters

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A high-resolution peat humification record is obtained from Hani peatland, northeastern China to study climate change. An absorbance value time series from alkali-extraction is used as a peat humification indicator. In addition, Hani peat magnetic susceptibility and trace elements have also been investigated. There is a sensitive response to abrupt climate changes when comparing a high-resolution peat humification record with a Hani 18 O temperature proxy record and a drift ice record from the North Atlantic Ocean. Based on analyses of factors that affect peat decomposition, we suggest similar paleoclimate significance between the Hani and Dajiuhu peat on the degree of humification with a higher peat humification indicating colder and drier climate conditions. In contrast, a warm and moist climate provides a deoxidized condition that results in lower peat humification. Moreover, the Rb/Sr ratios and

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“…There have also been debates about the effects of changes in vegetation and catchment processes due to vegetation burning (e.g. McCarroll, Chambers, Webb, & Thom, 2016; Yallop, Clutterbuck, & Thacker, 2010).…”

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Contextualizing UK moorland burning studies with geographical variables and sponsor identity

Brown

Holden

2020

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Using palaeoecology to advise peatland conservation: An example from West Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire, UK

Cited by 34 publications

References 55 publications

Multicore Study of Upper Holocene Mire Development in West-Frisia, Northern Netherlands: Ecological and Archaeological Aspects

Multicore Study of Upper Holocene Mire Development in West-Frisia, Northern Netherlands: Ecological and Archaeological Aspects

Characteristics of peat humification, magnetic susceptibility and trace elements of Hani peatland, northeastern China: paleoclimatic implications

Contextualizing UK moorland burning studies with geographical variables and sponsor identity

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