Spatial representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossils and pollen in a small and shallow lake

• Main Authors: Zhao, Y, Sayer, CD, Birks, HH, Hughes, M, Peglar, SM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPRINGER 2006
• Subjects: aquatic vegetation; plant macrofossils; pollen; representation in surface sediments; shallow lake; taphonomy; HISTORICAL CHANGES; PROPAGULE BANKS; EUTROPHIC LAKES; LONG-TERM; MACROPHYTES; SEDIMENTS; HABITATS; DYNAMICS; IGNITION; NORFOLK; English Lake; Nitella flexilis; Zannichellia palustris
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/11198/

We have explored the contemporary spatial relationship between aquatic vegetation and surficial macrofossil and pollen remains in a small, shallow, English lake. A detailed point-based (n = 87) underwater vegetation survey was undertaken in the middle of the plant-growing season in July 2000. Then f...