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Shallow lake trophic status linked to late Holocene climate and human impacts
Authors:Matthew N Waters  Michael F Piehler  Antonio B Rodriguez  Joseph M Smoak  Thomas S Bianchi
Institution:(1) Department of Natural Sciences, Shorter College, Rome, GA 30165, USA;(2) Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Geography, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, USA;(3) Institute of Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 28557, USA;(4) Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Abstract:Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina, USA is a large (162 km2) and shallow (mean depth = 1 m) coastal lake, which was significantly modified to support agricultural activities following European settlement in 1850. Paleolimnological proxies measured on a 400-cm sediment core collected from Lake Mattamuskeet reveal shifts in organic matter input and primary producer community structure in response to climatic and human impacts on the lake during the late Holocene. Stratigraphic changes in organic matter content, nutrients, metals, lignin phenols and photosynthetic pigments were used to divide the sediment core into three intervals. Interval I includes sediment deposited between A.D. 360–1584 and indicates a clear-water, sand-bottom state with low algal abundance. In addition, the lake catchment area experienced two significant fires during this interval that were recorded as charcoal layers in the core around A.D. 360 and A.D. 1435 (calibrated 14C AMS dates). Trophic structure changed with the onset of Interval II (A.D. 1584–1860) when total algal abundance increased, and the primary producer community was comprised primarily of diatoms, chrysophytes, cryptophytes and cyanobacteria. During this interval there was also an increase in terrestrial organic material input into the lake as well as a shift in plant type from woody gymnosperms to non-woody angiosperms as determined from lignin data. Sediment deposited in Lake Mattamuskeet following European settlement (Interval III, A.D. 1860-present) suggests a dramatic increase in organic-matter deposition, metals, primary-producer abundance and the onset of cyanobacterial dominance. Sedimentary evidence indicates that shallow-water primary producers can respond rapidly to climate change and human development.
Keywords:Photosynthetic pigments  Lignin-phenols  Trophic state  Holocene  Human impact
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