Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1007/s10933-020-00167-5 |
Climate change as the dominant driver of recent ecological changes in a semi-arid alpine lake from the Chinese Loess Plateau | |
Yan, Xinwei; Liu, Jianbao; Ruhland, Kathleen M.; Smol, John P.; Chen, Fahu | |
通讯作者 | Liu, JB (corresponding author), Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Pan Third Pole Environm Pan TPE, Key Lab Western Chinas Environm Syst,Minist Educ, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China. |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY |
ISSN | 0921-2728 |
EISSN | 1573-0417 |
出版年 | 2021-01 |
英文摘要 | Semi-arid areas of northern China are under increasing pressures from anthropogenic activities and climate change. Although wetland areas in these drylands have experienced dramatic, unidirectional shifts in their ecological status in recent centuries, fundamental driving forces are poorly quantified. Here, we examine changes in sedimentary proxies (diatoms, spectrally-inferred chlorophyll-a, stable isotopes) preserved in a radiometrically-dated core from Tianchi Lake, an alpine lake within the margin of the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) limit in China's southwestern Loess Plateau. Our algal trends were compared with regional instrumental records, changes in EASM intensity, and with previously published paleolimnological data from this same lake to determine the principal drivers of regional ecological changes. We found no clear evidence that geochemical and biological proxies were strongly affected by deforestation and other human activities. Major environmental changes during the past similar to 200 years were found to be predominantly driven by climatic fluctuations, extreme precipitation events, and changes in EASM intensity. Prior to similar to 1965 CE, diatom assemblages indicate an oligotrophic, clear water state. Shifts in dominance between benthic Staurosirella pinnata and planktonic Lindavia comensis were likely controlled by ice-cover dynamics. Between similar to 1965 and 1980 CE an abrupt shift to a turbid water state during a period of extreme precipitation events was caused by excessive nutrient-laden soil erosion in the already susceptible deforested catchment. This turbid period was evidenced by a rapid increase to dominance of Achnanthidium minutissimum, a sharp decline in oligotrophic Lindavia comensis, increased primary production, and peaks in sediment grain size and SiO2 content. Post- similar to 1980 CE, we provide evidence that a shift towards planktonic diatom dominance can best be explained by changes in climate and EASM intensity, despite substantial nitrogen deposition in the region during the past few decades. Specifically, a drier and warmer climate together with weakened EASM wind strength resulted in decreased erosion and a return to a clear water state, coupled with enhanced thermal stability. Collectively, these observations expand our understanding of how changes in climate, extreme precipitation events, and fluctuations in EASM intensity influence semi-arid alpine lakes in northern China, as well as climate's leading role in driving ecological change over the past two centuries, despite the intensification of human disturbances during recent decades. |
英文关键词 | Diatoms Anthropogenic activity Lake ecosystem Climatic extremes Nitrogen deposition Summer monsoon |
类型 | Article ; Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000605491600001 |
WOS关键词 | DIATOM CYCLOTELLA-COMENSIS ; LATE HOLOCENE ; SOIL-EROSION ; TIANCHI LAKE ; BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSES ; EXTREME PRECIPITATION ; NITROGEN DEPOSITION ; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE ; LAST MILLENNIUM ; MOUNTAIN LAKES |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Limnology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
来源机构 | 兰州大学 |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352336 |
作者单位 | [Yan, Xinwei; Liu, Jianbao; Chen, Fahu] Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Pan Third Pole Environm Pan TPE, Key Lab Western Chinas Environm Syst,Minist Educ, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [Liu, Jianbao; Chen, Fahu] Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; [Ruhland, Kathleen M.; Smol, John P.] Queens Univ, Dept Biol, Paleoecol Environm Assessment & Res Lab PEARL, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yan, Xinwei,Liu, Jianbao,Ruhland, Kathleen M.,et al. Climate change as the dominant driver of recent ecological changes in a semi-arid alpine lake from the Chinese Loess Plateau[J]. 兰州大学,2021. |
APA | Yan, Xinwei,Liu, Jianbao,Ruhland, Kathleen M.,Smol, John P.,&Chen, Fahu.(2021).Climate change as the dominant driver of recent ecological changes in a semi-arid alpine lake from the Chinese Loess Plateau.JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. |
MLA | Yan, Xinwei,et al."Climate change as the dominant driver of recent ecological changes in a semi-arid alpine lake from the Chinese Loess Plateau".JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY (2021). |
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