Permafrost-thaw lake development in Central Yakutia: sedimentary ancient DNA and element analyses from a Holocene sediment record

• Main Authors: Baisheva, Izabella, Levina, Sardana, Biskaborn, Boris K., Vyse, Stuart A., Heim, Birgit, Pestryakova, Luidmila, Glückler, Ramesh, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: sedaDNA; metabarcoding; lake sediment core; Central Yakutia; Siberia; Permafrost; alaas; thaw-lake; Diatoms; Plants; macrophytes; Earth-Surface Processes; Aquatic Science; permafrost; Thermokarst; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6937268

In Central Yakutia (Siberia) livelihoods of local communities depend on alaas (thermokarst depression) landscapes and the lakes within. Development and dynamics of these alaas lakes are closely connected to climate change, permafrost thawing, catchment conditions, and land use. To reconstruct lake d...