| Title | Modern diatom, cladocera, chironomid, and chrysophyte cyst assemblages as quantitative indicators for the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in the Alps. II. Nutrients |
| Abstract | Surface sediments from 68 small lakes in the Alps and 9 well-dated sediment core samples that cover a gradient of total phosphorus (TP) concentrations of 6 to 520 mu g TP l(-1) were studied for diatom, chrysophyte cyst, cladocera, and chironomid assemblages. Inference models for mean circulation log(10) TP were developed for diatoms, chironomids, and benthic cladocera using weighted-averaging partial least squares. After screening for outliers, the final transfer functions have coefficients of determination (r(2)), as assessed by cross-validation, of 0.79 (diatoms), 0.68 (chironomids), and 0.49 (benthic cladocera). Planktonic cladocera and chrysophytes show very weak relationships to TP and no TP inference models were developed for these biota. Diatoms showed the best relationship with TP, whereas the other biota all have large secondary gradients, suggesting that variables other than TP have a strong influence on their composition and abundance. Comparison with other diatom - TP inference models shows that our model has high predictive power and a low root mean squared error of prediction, as assessed by cross-validation. |
| Source | Journal of paleolimnology 19 (4), pp. 443–463 |
| Keywords | transfer functionsWA-PLStotal phosphorustrophic stateeutrophicationsurface sedimentsSwitzerlanddiatomscladocerachironomidschrysophytes |
| Journal | Journal of paleolimnology |
| Editor | Kluwer Academic, Boston, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1023/A:1007994206432 |
| Authors | Lotter, AF; Birks, HJB; Hofmann, W; Marchetto, A |
| Text | 481091 1998 10.1023/A 1007994206432 ISI Web of Science WOS 000074959600006 transfer functions WA PLS total phosphorus trophic state eutrophication surface sediments Switzerland diatoms cladocera chironomids chrysophytes Modern diatom, cladocera, chironomid, and chrysophyte cyst assemblages as quantitative indicators for the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in the Alps. II. Nutrients Lotter, AF; Birks, HJB; Hofmann, W; Marchetto, A Univ Bern; Swiss Fed Inst Environm Sci Technol EAWAG; Univ Bergen; UCL; Max Planck Inst Limnol; CNR Surface sediments from 68 small lakes in the Alps and 9 well dated sediment core samples that cover a gradient of total phosphorus TP concentrations of 6 to 520 mu g TP l 1 were studied for diatom, chrysophyte cyst, cladocera, and chironomid assemblages. Inference models for mean circulation log 10 TP were developed for diatoms, chironomids, and benthic cladocera using weighted averaging partial least squares. After screening for outliers, the final transfer functions have coefficients of determination r 2 , as assessed by cross validation, of 0.79 diatoms , 0.68 chironomids , and 0.49 benthic cladocera . Planktonic cladocera and chrysophytes show very weak relationships to TP and no TP inference models were developed for these biota. Diatoms showed the best relationship with TP, whereas the other biota all have large secondary gradients, suggesting that variables other than TP have a strong influence on their composition and abundance. Comparison with other diatom TP inference models shows that our model has high predictive power and a low root mean squared error of prediction, as assessed by cross validation. 19 Published version Articolo in rivista Kluwer Academic 0921 2728 Journal of paleolimnology Journal of paleolimnology J. paleolimnol. aldo.marchetto MARCHETTO ALDO |
