Living in a hardwater lake – The Late Weichselian and Holocene history of the small kettle hole on the moraine plateau in Ostrowite (N Poland)

IF 5.4 1区农林科学 Q1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Catena Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI:10.1016/j.catena.2025.109293

Piotr Kittel , Olga Antczak-Orlewska , Karina Apolinarska , Daniel Okupny , Mirosław Makohonienko , Marta Rudna , Joanna Rennwanz , Robert Sobczyk , Aleksandra Leszczyk , Mateusz Płóciennik , Dmitry Tsvirko , Bartosz Kotrys , Tomasz Goslar , Jerzy Sikora

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Abstract

Local lithology has a strong influence on lake biocenoses, including macrophytes and invertebrate communities. Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) content may drive ecosystem components from plankton (Cladocera), through various trophic groups of macrobenthos (Chironomidae) to molluscs settled on plants and bottom of the littoral zone. This study reconstructs the impact of carbonates on the biota in a small palaeolake during the Late Weichselian and Holocene in the recently glaciated area in Northern Poland. The main litho-geochemical component of the studied lacustrine deposits is calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), ranging from 0 to 98.7 % of the sediment content. The variability of the CaCO₃ content reflects changes in hydrological and geomorphological conditions within the palaeolake catchment area. The multi-proxy analyses enabled the reconstruction of a complex environmental history of the studied kettle hole lake. Oligo-/mesotrophic conditions with charophyte meadows during the Late Weichselian supported diverse chironomid communities. Cladocera became more abundant in the Early Holocene, reflecting hydroclimatic changes. The transition into macrophytic meso-/eutrophic conditions in the lake was reflected in the SiO_2bio and TOC increase. This phase ended with a period of the highest CaCO₃ concentration in the lake’s history, which supported mollusc assemblages. The final terrestrialisation followed the maximum decalcification in the catchment. Some Chironomidae appeared to be tolerant to relatively high carbonate concentrations, but this group feeds mainly on the bottom FPOM and most of the taxa declined when CaCO₃ exceeded 70 %. The mollusc abundance and richness were correlated with the carbonate content in the lake. Hardwater lakes defy simple interpretation in palaeolimnology. The classification of invertebrates according to their tolerance for carbonate content presented here helps in reconstructing palaeocenoses reaction to litho-chemical changes in lake basins.

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生活在硬水湖中——波兰北部Ostrowite冰碛高原小壶洞的晚期魏奇塞利世和全新世历史

局部岩性对湖泊生物群落有很大的影响，包括大型植物和无脊椎动物群落。碳酸钙（CaCO3）含量可以驱动生态系统组成，从浮游生物（枝角目），到大型底栖动物（手摇虫科）的各种营养类群，再到定居在植物和沿海带底部的软体动物。本研究重建了波兰北部新近冰川期的一个小型古湖泊晚魏奇塞利世和全新世期间碳酸盐对生物区系的影响。湖相沉积的岩石地球化学成分主要为碳酸钙（CaCO3），占沉积物含量的0 ~ 98.7%。CaCO3含量的变异性反映了古湖泊流域水文和地貌条件的变化。多代理分析能够重建所研究的壶洞湖的复杂环境历史。晚期魏氏期绿叶草甸的寡营养/中营养条件支持了不同的手性动物群落。枝角藻在全新世早期更为丰富，反映了水文气候的变化。湖泊向中/富营养化过渡反映在sio2生物和TOC的增加上。这一阶段以湖泊历史上CaCO3浓度最高的时期结束，这一时期支持了软体动物的组合。最后的陆地化发生在集水区最大程度的脱钙化之后。部分摇尾虫科对较高的碳酸盐浓度表现出耐受性，但该类群主要以FPOM底部为食，当CaCO3超过70%时，大部分摇尾虫类群数量下降。软体动物丰度和丰富度与湖泊碳酸盐含量相关。硬水湖在古湖泊学中无法简单解释。根据对碳酸盐含量的耐受性对无脊椎动物进行分类，有助于重建湖盆古新世对岩石化学变化的反应。

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Catena 环境科学-地球科学综合

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10.50

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9.70%

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816

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54 days

期刊介绍： Catena publishes papers describing original field and laboratory investigations and reviews on geoecology and landscape evolution with emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects of soil science, hydrology and geomorphology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge and foster better understanding of the physical environment, of evolutionary sequences that have resulted in past and current landscapes, and of the natural processes that are likely to determine the fate of our terrestrial environment. Papers within any one of the above topics are welcome provided they are of sufficiently wide interest and relevance.