The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum
Abstract Aim To document the post‐glacial migration of the major aquatic macrophytes of North America. Location North America north of Mexico. Methods Aquatic macrophyte pollen were extracted from the North American Pollen Database. The modern pollen distribution was mapped and related to the climat...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00866.x 2024-06-02T08:08:15+00:00 The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum Sawada, M. Viau, A. E. Gajewski, K. 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00866.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2699.2003.00866.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00866.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Biogeography volume 30, issue 7, page 999-1017 ISSN 0305-0270 1365-2699 journal-article 2003 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00866.x 2024-05-03T10:55:49Z Abstract Aim To document the post‐glacial migration of the major aquatic macrophytes of North America. Location North America north of Mexico. Methods Aquatic macrophyte pollen were extracted from the North American Pollen Database. The modern pollen distribution was mapped and related to the climate to document the geographical and climatic constraints on these taxa. The fossil pollen were mapped at 2‐ka intervals for the past 21 ka. Results Numerous genera were present in ice‐free Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum, and south of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the southeast. Those taxa with the widest modern climatic ranges migrated rapidly into ice‐marginal areas, first in the west and then in the east of North America. Subsequent changes in the range and abundance were smaller. Main conclusions There were four migration routes of aquatic macrophytes during the late‐glacial and post‐glacial periods: a southward migration from Alaska between 14–13 and ka, a northern migration in the west at the same time into the ice‐free Cordilleran region, and movements east and west of Appalachia as early as 19 ka for some taxa into the lower Mississippi and into the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes by 11 ka. As the Laurentide ice sheet wasted, aquatic taxa with the broadest contemporary temperature tolerances rapidly occupied ice‐marginal environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Alaska Wiley Online Library Journal of Biogeography 30 7 999 1017 |
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Abstract Aim To document the post‐glacial migration of the major aquatic macrophytes of North America. Location North America north of Mexico. Methods Aquatic macrophyte pollen were extracted from the North American Pollen Database. The modern pollen distribution was mapped and related to the climate to document the geographical and climatic constraints on these taxa. The fossil pollen were mapped at 2‐ka intervals for the past 21 ka. Results Numerous genera were present in ice‐free Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum, and south of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the southeast. Those taxa with the widest modern climatic ranges migrated rapidly into ice‐marginal areas, first in the west and then in the east of North America. Subsequent changes in the range and abundance were smaller. Main conclusions There were four migration routes of aquatic macrophytes during the late‐glacial and post‐glacial periods: a southward migration from Alaska between 14–13 and ka, a northern migration in the west at the same time into the ice‐free Cordilleran region, and movements east and west of Appalachia as early as 19 ka for some taxa into the lower Mississippi and into the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes by 11 ka. As the Laurentide ice sheet wasted, aquatic taxa with the broadest contemporary temperature tolerances rapidly occupied ice‐marginal environments. |
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The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum |
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biogeography of aquatic macrophytes in north america since the last glacial maximum |
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