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Holocene lake succession and palaeo-optics of a Subarctic lake, northern Québec, Canada

Émilie Saulnier-Talbot

Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Paleolimnology-Paleoecology Laboratory and Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada, emiliest{at}hotmail.com

Reinhard Pienitz

Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Paleolimnology-Paleoecology Laboratory and Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada

Warwick F. Vincent

CEN and Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada

Two diatom-based transfer functions for the reconstruction of past levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and water colour were applied to fossil diatom species assemblages from a coastal isolation basin on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. Diatom stratigraphic changes and the diatom-inferred patterns of limnological change following the retreat of Holocene marine waters of the Tyrrell Sea revealed a highly variable Holocene lake trajectory associated with successional shifts in lake catchment vegetation and soil development. The main trends observed in the Holocene history of Lake Kachishayoot are: (1) a progressive loss of alkalinity over time; and (2) abrupt increases in DOC and water colour that coincide with the arrival of spruce (Picea mariana) in the catchment. Reconstructed DOC allowed the estimation of past depths of ultraviolet (UV) penetration in the water-column of Lake Kachishayoot. Past variations in biological UV exposure were inferred using optical models based on DOC concentrations and the response curves for DNA damage and UV photoinhibition of photosynthesis. The palaeoecological analyses revealed large changes in the underwater photobiological environment over the course of the Holocene period, from extremely high UV exposure after the initial formation of the lake and its isolation from the sea, to an order-of-magnitude lower biological UV exposure under the present conditions of catchment vegetation.

Key Words: Diatoms • succession • lake sediments • dissolved organic carbon • DOC • water colour • palaeo-optics • ultraviolet radiation • UVR • Holocene • Subarctic • Québec • Canada

The Holocene, Vol. 13, No. 4, 517-526 (2003)
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl641rp
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