| Title | A late glacial and Holocene record of biological and environmental changes from the crater Lake Albano, Central Italy: An interdisciplinary European project (PALICLAS) |
| Abstract | This paper reports the results of biological analyses (pigments, diatoms, chrysophyte cysts, cladocerans, chironomids and ostracods) of a ca. 14 m-long sediment core recovered from Lake Albano (Central Italy) in the course of the EU-funded project PALICLAS (PALaeoenvironmental analysis of Italian Crater Lake and Adriatic Sediments). |
| Source | Water, air and soil pollution (Print) 99 (1-4), pp. 601–613 |
| Keywords | pigmentsdiatomscladoceraostracodschironomidschrysophytessedimentsLate PleistoceneHolocenecrater lakeItaly |
| Journal | Water, air and soil pollution (Print) |
| Editor | Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF02406899 |
| Authors | Lami, A; Guilizzoni, P; Ryves, DB; Jones, VJ; Marchetto, A; Battarbee, RW; Belis, CA; Bettinetti, R; Manca, M; Comoli, P; Nocentini, A; Langone, L |
| Text | 407952 1997 10.1007/BF02406899 ISI Web of Science WOS A1997XW68200062 pigments diatoms cladocera ostracods chironomids chrysophytes sediments Late Pleistocene Holocene crater lake Italy A late glacial and Holocene record of biological and environmental changes from the crater Lake Albano, Central Italy An interdisciplinary European project PALICLAS Lami, A; Guilizzoni, P; Ryves, DB; Jones, VJ; Marchetto, A; Battarbee, RW; Belis, CA; Bettinetti, R; Manca, M; Comoli, P; Nocentini, A; Langone, L UCL; CNR This paper reports the results of biological analyses pigments, diatoms, chrysophyte cysts, cladocerans, chironomids and ostracods of a ca. 14 m long sediment core recovered from Lake Albano Central Italy in the course of the EU funded project PALICLAS PALaeoenvironmental analysis of Italian Crater Lake and Adriatic Sediments . A reconstruction of the environmental evolution and ecosystem response of Lake Albano during the last ca. 30 kyr was possible. Additional information on lake level oscillation is obtained from benthic and planktonic palaeocommunities. Several oscillations in the productivity and the level of the lake were detected in the oldest sediment layers from ca. 30 kyr BP to ca. 17 kyr BP , followed by a long ca. 5 kyr BP period of low productivity in which cold, holomictic conditions prevailed. A period of high biological activity and, probably, meromictic conditions during the early mid Holocene was detected. A clear impact of human activities in the catchment was found at ca. 4 kyr BP in the form of increased erosion, associated with a decline in the abundance of biological remains. Further signs of human impact on the lake ecosystem are recorded during the Roman period. Although large scale environmental changes e.g. regional climate changes caused many of the observed biological changes, human activities were important during the mid late Holocene. 99 Published version Articolo in rivista Kluwer Academic Publishers 0049 6979 Water, air and soil pollution Print Water, air and soil pollution Print Water, air and soil pollution. Print Water air soil pollut. Print Water, air soil pollution Print piero.guilizzoni GUILIZZONI PIERO marinamarcella.manca MANCA MARINA MARCELLA aldo.marchetto MARCHETTO ALDO andrea.lami LAMI ANDREA leonardo.langone LANGONE LEONARDO NOCENTINI ANNA MARIA |
