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Subfossil chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) in three Tatra Mountain lakes (Slovakia) on an acidification gradient
Title Subfossil chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) in three Tatra Mountain lakes (Slovakia) on an acidification gradient Author info Vladimír Kubovčík, Peter Bitušík Author Kubovčík Vladimír (80%)
Co-authors Bitušík Peter 1957- (20%) UMBFP09 - Katedra biológie a environmentálnych štúdií
Source document Biologia. Vol. 61, suppl. 18 (2006), pp. 213-220. - Warszawa : Walter de Gruyter, 2006 Note Bibl.: s. 218-220 Keywords pakomáre - midges - Chironomidae palaeolimnology acidification palaeoecology Language English Country Slovak Republic systematics 57 Annotation Three lakes were studied in the High Tatra Mountains at altitudes from 2000 to 2157 m a.s.l., which represent three categories of acidity status recognised in the Tatra lakes in the 1980s: non-acidified, acidified, and strongly acidified. Subfossil chironomid remains from dated sediment cores covering ca. throughout 200 years were analysed. The chironomid thanatocoenoses of all cores layers reflected ultra-oligotrophic non-acidified conditions in Ľadové pleso. Nevertheless, the finding of the acid-tolerant species Zalutschia tatrica in littoral samples in 1980s indicates that the littoral zone was more influenced by acidification than deeper areas of the lake. Three stages of lake developmental history can be distinguished in the acidified lake VyšnéWahlenbergovo pleso based on the chironomid subfossil record: the pre-acidification stage before the 1920s, the anthropogenic acidification stage between the 1920–1980s, and the recovery of the lake from the end of the 1980s. The period of acidification was accompanied by a decline in chironomid numbers, while chironomid fauna composition was unchanged during the whole investigated history of the lake. None of the chironomid taxa present prior to the acidification period disappeared during the peak of acidification. The most apparent change in the sediment record taken from the strongly acidified lake Starolesnianske pleso was recognised in the layers corresponding to the period 1960–1980. It is characterised by the disappearance of the dominant acid-sensitive Tanytarsus lugens group and the dominance of acidtolerant Tanytarsus gregarius group. The most recent chironomid assemblage probably benefits from the amount of food resources as a result of increased lake productivity induced by acidification Public work category ADD No. of Archival Copy 10851 Repercussion category ANAS, M. U. M. - SCOTT, K. A. - WISSEL, B. Suitability of presence vs. absence indicator species to characterize stress gradients : lessons from zooplankton species of boreal lakes. In Ecological indicators. ISSN 1470-160X, 2013, vol. 30, pp. 90-99.
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