Biogenic silica record in the sediments of Little Round Lake,Ontario |
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Authors: | Teresa L Newberry Claire L Schelske |
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Institution: | (1) Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, 48109 Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
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Abstract: | The biogenic silica (BSi) record has been determined in the sediments of Little Round Lake, Ontario in order to review its postglacial development and study the relationship between BSi and diatoms. BSi concentrations in the sediment stratigraphy were found to correspond for the most part to the trophic history of Little Round Lake. Calculation of accumulation rates for BSi improved the correspondence of the BSi profile to the trophic history. Thus, BSi is a valuable paleoindicator when concentration and flux profiles are considered concurrently. Regression analysis of BSi and diatoms revealed that the concentration of BSi in the sediments was not a simple function of diatom numbers or biovolume, but that factors such as a correction for the rate of dissolution and abundance of chrysophycean scales and cysts were also important. |
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Keywords: | trophic history nutrient enrichment diatom chrysophyte paleolimnology |
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