ISSN:
1573-5117
Keywords:
Galloway lakes
;
pH reconstructions
;
diatoms
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The species composition of surface sediment diatom assemblages in 33 Galloway lakes, pH range c. 4.5 to 7.4, is related in a statistically significant manner to water acidity (or to factors closely associated with pH). Predictive models of summer mean pH, using simple regression equations of Index B (Renberg & Hellberg, 1982) with both Scandinavian and Galloway data sets, and multiple regression equations using diatom pH preference groups and individual species, are described and applied to fossil diatoms in six sediment cores. Although multiple regression of individual species gives the highest correlation coefficient (r2=0.87) in the modern data set this method is least appropriate for reconstructing pH values from fossil material where predictor species are often absent. Of the four methods examined here it is suggested that multiple regression of diatom preference groups is probably the most suitable for pH reconstructions from sediment cores.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00026650
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