Wetlands in the Pleistocene Steppe-Tundra Landscapes of Beringia, Their Insects, and the Role of Aeolian Sedimentation

Analysis of the database of Beringian subfossil insect assemblages showed a relatively low role of aquatic, riparian, and wetland species of insects with hard exoskeleton in the Pleistocene communities and an increase in their proportions and taxonomic diversity in the Holocene. Aquatic insects were...

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Published in:Water
Main Author: Svetlana Kuzmina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
Subjects:
aquatic
riparian
beetles
loess
paleosol
permafrost
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
Yukon
Ice
Tundra
Beringia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030494
https://doaj.org/article/06a155815d544f639d13ac21965b19ae
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Summary:Analysis of the database of Beringian subfossil insect assemblages showed a relatively low role of aquatic, riparian, and wetland species of insects with hard exoskeleton in the Pleistocene communities and an increase in their proportions and taxonomic diversity in the Holocene. Aquatic insects were represented in all types of geological deposits and in some paleosols, but their proportions varied in different depositional environments. Poor representation of aquatic insects and a lack of freshwater invertebrates in the Late Pleistocene ice-rich deposits of Beringia called Siberian Yedoma or Yukon Muck attest to the predominantly aeolian origin of this phenomenon.

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