Inferring past environmental changes in three Turkish lakes from sub-fossil Cladocera
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Inferring past environmental changes in three Turkish lakes from sub-fossil Cladocera. / Çakıroğlu, Ayşe İdil; Levi, Eti E.; Tavşanoğlu, Nihan; Bezirci, Gizem; Erdoğan, Şeyda; Filiz, Nur; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; Davidson, Thomas A.; Jeppesen, Erik; Beklioğlu, Meryem.
In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 778, No. 1, 2016, p. 295–312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Inferring past environmental changes in three Turkish lakes from sub-fossil Cladocera
AU - Çakıroğlu, Ayşe İdil
AU - Levi, Eti E.
AU - Tavşanoğlu, Nihan
AU - Bezirci, Gizem
AU - Erdoğan, Şeyda
AU - Filiz, Nur
AU - Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest
AU - Davidson, Thomas A.
AU - Jeppesen, Erik
AU - Beklioğlu, Meryem
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Cladocerans are increasingly used in palaeolimnological studies as their community composition is sensitive to both anthropogenic and natural forces in lakes. We present the results of a palaeolimnological investigation of three Turkish shallow lakes located in cold dry steppe and semi-dry Mediterranean climatic regions. The aim was to elucidate historical changes in environmental conditions by analysing sub-fossil cladocerans in 210Pb-dated sediment cores. Sub-fossil cladoceran remains from the surface sediment of 40 Turkish lakes were analysed to examine the environmental factors that most correlated with variation in the cladoceran assemblage. Redundancy analysis showed that salinity, macrophyte abundance, fish density, depth and total phosphorus were the most correlated with change in cladoceran assemblage composition with eigenvalues for the first and the second axes being λ1 = 0.312 and λ2 = 0.061, respectively. Sedimentary cladoceran assemblages from three cores were placed passively within the framework of the surface sediment ordination. The results reveal a prevalent impact of salinity, fish abundance and water level changes from the past to present. Thus, using cladoceran-based inferences, we traced key environmental changes related to variation in climate change, restoration and water level regulation over the last century.
AB - Cladocerans are increasingly used in palaeolimnological studies as their community composition is sensitive to both anthropogenic and natural forces in lakes. We present the results of a palaeolimnological investigation of three Turkish shallow lakes located in cold dry steppe and semi-dry Mediterranean climatic regions. The aim was to elucidate historical changes in environmental conditions by analysing sub-fossil cladocerans in 210Pb-dated sediment cores. Sub-fossil cladoceran remains from the surface sediment of 40 Turkish lakes were analysed to examine the environmental factors that most correlated with variation in the cladoceran assemblage. Redundancy analysis showed that salinity, macrophyte abundance, fish density, depth and total phosphorus were the most correlated with change in cladoceran assemblage composition with eigenvalues for the first and the second axes being λ1 = 0.312 and λ2 = 0.061, respectively. Sedimentary cladoceran assemblages from three cores were placed passively within the framework of the surface sediment ordination. The results reveal a prevalent impact of salinity, fish abundance and water level changes from the past to present. Thus, using cladoceran-based inferences, we traced key environmental changes related to variation in climate change, restoration and water level regulation over the last century.
KW - Eutrophication
KW - Fish abundance
KW - Irrigation
KW - Macrophyte
KW - Palaeolimnology
KW - Salinity
KW - Water level change
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U2 - 10.1007/s10750-015-2581-x
DO - 10.1007/s10750-015-2581-x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84947904957
VL - 778
SP - 295
EP - 312
JO - Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health
JF - Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health
SN - 0018-8158
IS - 1
ER -
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