Can pollution bias peatland paleoclimate reconstruction?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24086898 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Payne (0000-0003-3987-8243, Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Edward A D Mitchell (0000-0003-0358-506X, University of Neuchâtel), Hung Nguyen‐Viet (0000-0003-1549-2733, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Hung Nguyen-Viet, Daniel Gilbert (0000-0001-9956-345X, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 170-173 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.004 |
| OpenAlex | W2000031768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
Peatland testate amoebae are widely used to reconstruct paleohydrological/climatic changes, but many species are also known to respond to pollutants. Peatlands around the world have been exposed to anthropogenic and intermittent natural pollution through the late Holocene. This raises the question: can pollution lead to changes in the testate amoeba paleoecological record that could be erroneously interpreted as a climatic change? To address this issue we applied testate amoeba transfer functions to the results of experiments adding pollutants (N, P, S, Pb, O 3 ) to peatlands and similar ecosystems. We found a significant effect in only one case, an experiment in which N and P were added, suggesting that pollution-induced biases are limited. However, we caution researchers to be aware of this possibility when interpreting paleoecological records. Studies characterising the paleoecological response to pollution allow pollution impacts to be tracked and distinguished from climate change.
Biology · Climate change · Ecosystem · Geography · Holocene · Paleoclimatology · Peat · Physical geography · Pollutant · Testate amoebae · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Paleontology · Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology · Pollution
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |