泥炭记录的晚全新世大气铅沉降及其环境意义

选择长白山地区2种不同类型的泥炭沼泽,进行了典型剖面的大气铅沉降研究。植物残体和泥炭性质表明老白山泥炭地已经发育到贫营养阶段,而大桥泥炭地还处于富营养状态。两地泥炭记录的总铅含量和沉降速率与中国其他地区在同一个数量级上。老白山泥炭记录的大气铅在总铅中占主导地位,大气铅与富集因子呈明显的正相关（r=0.874,n=16,p<0.01）,且在16世纪中叶、18世纪初和20世纪出现峰值。大桥泥炭记录的铅可能存在再迁移和再沉降现象,但是相对较弱,因此,它也可以被用来重建当时的大气沉降。     

Can testate amoeba‐based palaeohydrology be extended to fens?

Numerous palaeoecological studies have used testate amoeba analysis to reconstruct Holocene hydrological change in peatlands, and thereby past climatic change. Current studies have been almost exclusively restricted to ombrotrophic bogs and the period since the fen–bog transition. Although the critical link between peatland surface wetness and climate is less direct in minerotrophic peatlands, such records may still be of value where there are few others, particularly if multiple records can be derived and inter‐compared. Expanding the temporal and spatial scope of testate amoeba‐based palaeohydrology to minerotrophic peatlands requires studies to establish the primacy of hydrology and the efficacy of transfer functions across a range of sites. This study analyses testate amoeba data from wetlands spanning the trophic gradient in the eastern Mediterranean region. Results demonstrate that different types of wetlands have distinctly different amoeba communities, but hydrology remains the most important environmental control (despite water table depth being measured at different times for different sites). Interestingly, Zn and Fe emerge as significant environmental variables in a subset of sites with geochemical data. Testate amoeba–hydrology transfer functions perform well in cross‐validation but frequently perform poorly when applied to other sites, particularly with sites of a different nutrient status. It may be valid to use testate amoebae to reconstruct hydrological change from minerotrophic peatlands with an applicable transfer function; however, it may not be appropriate to use testate amoebae to reconstruct hydrological change through periods of ecosystem evolution, particularly the fen–bog transition. In practice, the preservation of amoeba shells is likely to be a key problem for palaeoecological reconstruction from fens. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.