A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Arctic hotspots, local areas of high biodiversity, are potential key sites for conservation of Arctic biodiversity. However, there is a need for improved understanding of their long-term resilience. The Arctic hotspot of Ringhorndalen has the highest register...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/2375 2023-05-15T14:27:14+02:00 A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard Voldstad, Linn H. Alsos, Inger G. Farnsworth, Wesley Heintzman, Peter D. Håkansson, Lena Kjellman, Sofia E. Rouillard, Alexandra Schomacker, Anders Eidesen, Pernille B. Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ) Institute of Earth Sciences (UI) Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2020-04-15 106207 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2375 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106207 en eng Elsevier BV Quaternary Science Reviews;234 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379119311278?via%3Dihub Voldstad, L.H., Alsos, I.G., Farnsworth, W.R., Heintzman, P.D., Håkansson, L., Kjellman, S.E., Rouillard, A., Schomacker, A., Eidesen, P.B., 2020. A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard. Quaternary Science Reviews 234, 106207. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106207 0277-3791 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2375 Quaternary Science Reviews doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106207 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Ancient DNA Biodiversity hotspot Holocene Lake sediments Metabarcoding SedaDNA Svalbard Vegetation dynamics Nýlífsöld Jarðlög Eldvirkni info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/2375 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106207 2022-11-18T06:52:06Z Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Arctic hotspots, local areas of high biodiversity, are potential key sites for conservation of Arctic biodiversity. However, there is a need for improved understanding of their long-term resilience. The Arctic hotspot of Ringhorndalen has the highest registered diversity of vascular plants in the Svalbard archipelago, including several remarkable and isolated plant populations located far north of their normal distribution range. Here we analyze a lake sediment core from Ringhorndalen for sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) and geochemical proxies to detect changes in local vegetation and climate. Half of the plant taxa appeared already before 10,600 cal. yr BP, indicating rapid colonization as the ice retreated. Thermophilous species had a reoccurring presence throughout the Holocene record, but stronger signal in the early than Late Holocene period. Thus, thermophilous Arctic plant species had broader distribution ranges during the Early Holocene thermal maximum c. 10,000 cal. yr BP than today. Most of these thermophilous species are currently not recorded in the catchment area of the studied lake, but occur locally in favourable areas further into the valley. For example, Empetrum nigrum was found in >40% of the sedaDNA samples, whereas its current distribution in Ringhorndalen is highly restricted and outside the catchment area of the lake. Our findings support the hypothesis of isolated relict populations in Ringhorndalen. The findings are also consistent with main Holocene climatic shifts in Svalbard identified by previous studies and indicate an early warm and species-rich postglacial period until c. 6500 cal. yr BP, followed by fluctuating cool and warm periods throughout the later Holocene. The core-samplingfield campaign, subsequent sub-sampling ofsediments and macrofossils, ITRAX-scans, and radiocarbon datingwere funded by the Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund(project 16/35 to WRF). Financial support for molecular analysisandfield work was provided by the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic biodiversity Arctic Empetrum nigrum Svalbard Opin vísindi (Iceland) Arctic Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Quaternary Science Reviews 234 106207 |
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Ancient DNA Biodiversity hotspot Holocene Lake sediments Metabarcoding SedaDNA Svalbard Vegetation dynamics Nýlífsöld Jarðlög Eldvirkni Voldstad, Linn H. Alsos, Inger G. Farnsworth, Wesley Heintzman, Peter D. Håkansson, Lena Kjellman, Sofia E. Rouillard, Alexandra Schomacker, Anders Eidesen, Pernille B. A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard |
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Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Arctic hotspots, local areas of high biodiversity, are potential key sites for conservation of Arctic biodiversity. However, there is a need for improved understanding of their long-term resilience. The Arctic hotspot of Ringhorndalen has the highest registered diversity of vascular plants in the Svalbard archipelago, including several remarkable and isolated plant populations located far north of their normal distribution range. Here we analyze a lake sediment core from Ringhorndalen for sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) and geochemical proxies to detect changes in local vegetation and climate. Half of the plant taxa appeared already before 10,600 cal. yr BP, indicating rapid colonization as the ice retreated. Thermophilous species had a reoccurring presence throughout the Holocene record, but stronger signal in the early than Late Holocene period. Thus, thermophilous Arctic plant species had broader distribution ranges during the Early Holocene thermal maximum c. 10,000 cal. yr BP than today. Most of these thermophilous species are currently not recorded in the catchment area of the studied lake, but occur locally in favourable areas further into the valley. For example, Empetrum nigrum was found in >40% of the sedaDNA samples, whereas its current distribution in Ringhorndalen is highly restricted and outside the catchment area of the lake. Our findings support the hypothesis of isolated relict populations in Ringhorndalen. The findings are also consistent with main Holocene climatic shifts in Svalbard identified by previous studies and indicate an early warm and species-rich postglacial period until c. 6500 cal. yr BP, followed by fluctuating cool and warm periods throughout the later Holocene. The core-samplingfield campaign, subsequent sub-sampling ofsediments and macrofossils, ITRAX-scans, and radiocarbon datingwere funded by the Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund(project 16/35 to WRF). Financial support for molecular analysisandfield work was provided by the ... |
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Voldstad, Linn H. Alsos, Inger G. Farnsworth, Wesley Heintzman, Peter D. Håkansson, Lena Kjellman, Sofia E. Rouillard, Alexandra Schomacker, Anders Eidesen, Pernille B. |
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Voldstad, Linn H. Alsos, Inger G. Farnsworth, Wesley Heintzman, Peter D. Håkansson, Lena Kjellman, Sofia E. Rouillard, Alexandra Schomacker, Anders Eidesen, Pernille B. |
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A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard |
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A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard |
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A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard |
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A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard |
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A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard |
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complete holocene lake sediment ancient dna record reveals long-standing high arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern svalbard |
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Quaternary Science Reviews;234 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379119311278?via%3Dihub Voldstad, L.H., Alsos, I.G., Farnsworth, W.R., Heintzman, P.D., Håkansson, L., Kjellman, S.E., Rouillard, A., Schomacker, A., Eidesen, P.B., 2020. A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard. Quaternary Science Reviews 234, 106207. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106207 0277-3791 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2375 Quaternary Science Reviews doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106207 |
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