| Title | Lake Redo ecosystem response to an increasing warming in the Pyrenees during the twentieth century |
| Abstract | The ecosystem response of Lake Redo (Central Pyrenees) to fluctuations in seasonal air temperature during the last two centuries was investigated by comparison of reconstructed air temperatures with the sediment record. Fine slicing allowed a resolution of 3-6 years according to the Pb-210 dating, although it was still difficult to easily investigate the response to air temperature forcing, since extreme fluctuations in temperature occur on interannual time-scales. However, the resolution was sufficient to show responses on decadal and century scales. An overall tendency to warming in mean annual temperature in the Central Pyrenees has been caused by summer and in particular by autumn increases. Many of the measured sediment variables apparently responded to these long term trends, but the significance of the relationships was highly conditioned by the structure of the data. The variables responding most on the finer time scales were the microfossils. For diatoms, chironomids and chrysophytes the main variability correlated to summer and to autumn temperatures. For two planktonic species, Fragilaria nanana and Cyclotella pseudostelligera, we found a link of their variability with temperature fluctuations in their growing months ( September and October, respectively). This relationship appeared at a certain point during a general warming trend, indicating a threshold in the response. On the other hand, no significant changes in the dominant species could be linked to temperature, nor in any significant subgroup of the 180 diatom species present in the core. In contrast, for most chironomids ( particularly Paratanytarsus austriacus, Heterotrissocladius marcidus and Micropsectra radialis) a negative relationship with summer temperature extended throughout the studied period. This response of the whole group gives chironomids a more robust role as indicators for recording temperature changes on long time-scales( e. g., through the Holocene) and for lake signal inter-comparison. Finally, our results indicated that, in all cases, there was a significant resilience to high frequency changes and hysteresis despite extreme fluctuations. Although we were dealing with organisms with one or many generations per year, their populations seemed to follow the decadal trends in air temperature. |
| Source | Journal of paleolimnology 28 (1), pp. 129–145 |
| Keywords | climate changealpine lakepaleolimnologylake sedimentsfossil pigmentsdiatomscladocerachironomidschrysophyteslong-term lake dynamics |
| Journal | Journal of paleolimnology |
| Editor | Kluwer Academic, Boston, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1023/A:1020380104031 |
| Authors | Catalan, J; Pla, S; Rieradevall, M; Felip, M; Ventura, M; Buchaca, T; Camarero, L; Brancelj, A; Appleby, PG; Lami, A; Grytnes, A; Agusti-Panareda, A; Thompson, R |
| Text | 407944 2002 10.1023/A 1020380104031 ISI Web of Science WOS 000178212200009 climate change alpine lake paleolimnology lake sediments fossil pigments diatoms cladocera chironomids chrysophytes long term lake dynamics Lake Redo ecosystem response to an increasing warming in the Pyrenees during the twentieth century Catalan, J; Pla, S; Rieradevall, M; Felip, M; Ventura, M; Buchaca, T; Camarero, L; Brancelj, A; Appleby, PG; Lami, A; Grytnes, A; Agusti Panareda, A; Thompson, R Univ Barcelona; Natl Inst Biol; Univ Liverpool; CNR; Univ Bergen; Univ Edinburgh The ecosystem response of Lake Redo Central Pyrenees to fluctuations in seasonal air temperature during the last two centuries was investigated by comparison of reconstructed air temperatures with the sediment record. Fine slicing allowed a resolution of 3 6 years according to the Pb 210 dating, although it was still difficult to easily investigate the response to air temperature forcing, since extreme fluctuations in temperature occur on interannual time scales. However, the resolution was sufficient to show responses on decadal and century scales. An overall tendency to warming in mean annual temperature in the Central Pyrenees has been caused by summer and in particular by autumn increases. Many of the measured sediment variables apparently responded to these long term trends, but the significance of the relationships was highly conditioned by the structure of the data. The variables responding most on the finer time scales were the microfossils. For diatoms, chironomids and chrysophytes the main variability correlated to summer and to autumn temperatures. For two planktonic species, Fragilaria nanana and Cyclotella pseudostelligera, we found a link of their variability with temperature fluctuations in their growing months September and October, respectively . This relationship appeared at a certain point during a general warming trend, indicating a threshold in the response. On the other hand, no significant changes in the dominant species could be linked to temperature, nor in any significant subgroup of the 180 diatom species present in the core. In contrast, for most chironomids particularly Paratanytarsus austriacus, Heterotrissocladius marcidus and Micropsectra radialis a negative relationship with summer temperature extended throughout the studied period. This response of the whole group gives chironomids a more robust role as indicators for recording temperature changes on long time scales e. g., through the Holocene and for lake signal inter comparison. Finally, our results indicated that, in all cases, there was a significant resilience to high frequency changes and hysteresis despite extreme fluctuations. Although we were dealing with organisms with one or many generations per year, their populations seemed to follow the decadal trends in air temperature. 28 Published version Articolo in rivista Kluwer Academic 0921 2728 Journal of paleolimnology Journal of paleolimnology J. paleolimnol. andrea.lami LAMI ANDREA |
