Peatland development, vegetation history, climate change and human activity in the Valdai uplands (Central European Russia) during the Holocene: a multi-proxy …

YA Mazei, AN Tsyganov, MV Bobrovsky, NG Mazei… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peatlands are remarkable for their specific biodiversity, crucial role in carbon cycling and
climate change. Their deposits preserve organism remains that can be used to reconstruct …

Summer temperatures from the Middle Pleistocene site Schöningen 13 II, northern Germany, determined from subfossil chironomid assemblages

S Rigterink, KJ Krahn, B Kotrys, B Urban, O Heiri… - Boreas, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first climatic and environmental reconstruction based on subfossil
chironomid head capsules from the Middle Pleistocene Reinsdorf sequence, Schöningen …

Temporal dynamics of invertebrate community assembly in Lake Victoria since the Late Pleistocene based on chitinous remains

L King, C Courtney‐Mustaphi… - Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Preserved assemblages of invertebrate remains in lacustrine sediment reveal temporal
variations of community composition and environmental conditions. However, records for …

The environmental history of the oxbow in the Luciąża River valley–Study on the specific microclimate during Allerød and Younger Dryas in central Poland

O Antczak-Orlewska, D Okupny, D Pawłowski… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The vicinity of the Rozprza archaeological site (central Poland) has been the area of a series
of palaeoecological studies tracking the environmental history of the Luciąża River valley up …

Summer temperature drives the lake ecosystem during the Late Weichselian and Holocene in Eastern Europe: A case study from East European Plain

M Płóciennik, A Mroczkowska, D Pawłowski… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
East European lake-river systems have hydrological regimes typical for continental climate
zones. The Postglacial development of the basins and regional palaeoclimatic pattern in the …

Chironomidae morphological types and functional feeding groups as a habitat complexity vestige

O Antczak-Orlewska, M Płóciennik… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae play an important role in a wide range of aquatic
ecosystems. The study focuses on Chironomidae trophic guilds and morphological types as …

Aquatic invertebrate mandibles and sclerotized remains in Quaternary lake sediments

CJ Courtney-Mustaphi, E Steiner, S von Fumetti… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Subfossil remains of aquatic invertebrates found in lacustrine sediments are useful
paleoenvironmental indicators. Strongly scleroticized chitinous body parts from the …

Going to the archives: Combining palaeoecological and contemporary data to support river restoration appraisals

JC White, E Seddon, MJ Hill, KL Mathers… - River Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
River restoration practices are being increasingly implemented to help offset the global
degradation of freshwater ecosystems. The ecological success of such projects is typically …

Small peatland with a big story: 600-year paleoecological and historical data from a kettle-hole peatland in Western Russia

A Mroczkowska, P Kittel, K Marcisz… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Peatlands are important records of past environmental changes. Based on a multiproxy
analysis, the main factors influencing the evolution of a peatland can be divided into …

Climatic and hydrological variability as a driver of the Lake Gościąż biota during the Younger Dryas

M Płóciennik, I Zawiska, M Rzodkiewicz… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Younger Dryas (YD) is a roughly 1,100-year cold period marking the end of the
last glaciation. Climate modelling for northern Europe indicates high summer temperatures …