A consecutive sediment core (CC2) was drilledin Chen Co (lake) of southern Tibet using a PISTON samplerin 1998 AD. Cladoceran remains including their species,amount richness and ecological features are analyzed for th...A consecutive sediment core (CC2) was drilledin Chen Co (lake) of southern Tibet using a PISTON samplerin 1998 AD. Cladoceran remains including their species,amount richness and ecological features are analyzed for thetop 117 cm sections of the core, upon which 5 cladoceranassemblages are distinguished. CL0 is an assemblage withoutany cladocera in the depth between 117-105 cm. CL1 as-semblage (depths between 101-77 cm, ca. 1407-1533 AD)possesses total 9 cladoceran species that appear in the core,and performs the greatest richness in the whole sequence.This assemblage reflected that there was plenty of exotic coldwater and organic debrises inputing to the sedimentary siteunder the warmer conditions. The lake was wide and shallowthat satisfied the big hydrophyte living. Cladoceran speciesand richnesses of CL2 assemblage (depths between 77-29cm, ca. 1533-1831 AD) perform much more decreasing thanthose of CL1. There was only less Chydorus sphaericus whichwas acclimatized to wide environmental ranges. This impliedthat the sedimentary environment is so execrable that mostof cladoceran lost their living abilities. Compared with CL1assemblage, CL3 assemblage (depths between 29-10 cm, ca.1831-1941 AD) possesses nearly the same dominant speciesbut lower richnesses. Especially, the cladoceran preferringorganic debris also decrease in their amounts. This meantthat the surface vegetation in the drainage basin was stillpoor though the environment turned to be better. Except the2 zooplankton species, the other 7 species of cladoceran inthis core are found in CL4 assemblage (depths between 10-0 cm, ca. 1941-1998 AD), in which the eurythermal specieshad not performed their competition ability comparing withnarrow-temperatures adapted species. It implied that watertemperatures were stable and much more influenced by airtemperatures under the shallow-water conditions. The envi-ronmental features reflected by cladocera assemblages ofCC2 core are fully supported by the evidences from ostra-coda assemblages, diatom-salinity transfunction, environ-mental magnetism and relative proxies of the parallel CC1 core. Cladoceran assemblages in the lake sediments of Ti- betan Plateau are sensitive to sedimentary environment and very significant to the studies of environmental changes.展开更多
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文摘A consecutive sediment core (CC2) was drilledin Chen Co (lake) of southern Tibet using a PISTON samplerin 1998 AD. Cladoceran remains including their species,amount richness and ecological features are analyzed for thetop 117 cm sections of the core, upon which 5 cladoceranassemblages are distinguished. CL0 is an assemblage withoutany cladocera in the depth between 117-105 cm. CL1 as-semblage (depths between 101-77 cm, ca. 1407-1533 AD)possesses total 9 cladoceran species that appear in the core,and performs the greatest richness in the whole sequence.This assemblage reflected that there was plenty of exotic coldwater and organic debrises inputing to the sedimentary siteunder the warmer conditions. The lake was wide and shallowthat satisfied the big hydrophyte living. Cladoceran speciesand richnesses of CL2 assemblage (depths between 77-29cm, ca. 1533-1831 AD) perform much more decreasing thanthose of CL1. There was only less Chydorus sphaericus whichwas acclimatized to wide environmental ranges. This impliedthat the sedimentary environment is so execrable that mostof cladoceran lost their living abilities. Compared with CL1assemblage, CL3 assemblage (depths between 29-10 cm, ca.1831-1941 AD) possesses nearly the same dominant speciesbut lower richnesses. Especially, the cladoceran preferringorganic debris also decrease in their amounts. This meantthat the surface vegetation in the drainage basin was stillpoor though the environment turned to be better. Except the2 zooplankton species, the other 7 species of cladoceran inthis core are found in CL4 assemblage (depths between 10-0 cm, ca. 1941-1998 AD), in which the eurythermal specieshad not performed their competition ability comparing withnarrow-temperatures adapted species. It implied that watertemperatures were stable and much more influenced by airtemperatures under the shallow-water conditions. The envi-ronmental features reflected by cladocera assemblages ofCC2 core are fully supported by the evidences from ostra-coda assemblages, diatom-salinity transfunction, environ-mental magnetism and relative proxies of the parallel CC1 core. Cladoceran assemblages in the lake sediments of Ti- betan Plateau are sensitive to sedimentary environment and very significant to the studies of environmental changes.
