A Late Quaternary record of natural change and human impact from Rangihoua Bay, Bay of Islands, northern New Zealand

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 592-604

  Horrocks, Mark ^a,b   Nichol, Scott L ^a   D'Costa, Donna M ^a   Augustinus, Paul ^a   Jacobi, Tatjana ^a   Shane, Phil A ^a   Middleton, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Estuaries; Geochemistry; Human impact; Lagoons; Pollen; Sedimentology; Tephra

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE ANALYSIS; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; EVERGREEN TREE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF ISLANDS [NORTHLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; RANGIHOUA BAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; DODONAEA; LEPTOSPERMUM; METROSIDEROS; PRUMNOPITYS TAXIFOLIA;

EID: 33947215919     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0182.1     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. ANDERSON, A.J., 1991. The chronology of colonization in New Zealand. Antiquity, 65, 767-795.
2. ANDERSON, A.J., 1996. Was Rattus exulans in New Zealand 2000 yr ago? AMS radiocarbon ages from Shag River Mouth. Archaeology in Oceania, 31, 178-184.
3. BARBER, I.G., 1989. Of boundaries, drains and crops: a classification system for traditional Maori horticultural ditches. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, 11, 23-50.
4. BARBER, I.G., 2001. Wet or dry? An evaluation of extensive archaeological ditch systems from far northern New Zealand. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, pp. 41-50. Easter Island Foundation, California.
5. BATTARBEE, R. 1986. Diatom analysis. In: BERGLUND, B.E. (ed.), Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology and Palaeohydrology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 527-570.
6. DENYS, L., 1991. A checklist of the diatom in the Holocene deposits of the western Belgian coastal plain with a survey of their apparent ecological requirements. Service Geologique de Belguique, Professional Paper 1991/2, 246.
7. CHAGUÉ-GOFF, C.; DAWSON, S.; GOFF, J.R.; ZACHARIASEN, J.; BERRYMAN, K.R.; GARNETT, D.L.; WALDRON, H.M., and MILDENHALL, DC, 2002. A tsunami (ca. 6300 years BP) and other Holocene environmental changes, northern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Sedimentary Geology, 150, 89-102.
8. CHAGUÉ-GOFF, C.; NICHOL, S.L.; JENKINSON, A.V., and HEIJNIS, H., 2000. Signatures of natural catastrophic events and anthropogenic impact in an estuarine environment, New Zealand. Marine Geology, 167, 285-301.
9. CHAPPELL, J., and SHACKLETON, N.J., 1986. Oxygen isotopes and sea level. Nature, 324, 137-140.
10. DAVIDSON, W., 1993. Iron and manganese in lakes. Earth Science Reviews, 34, 119-163.
11. DODSON, J.R.; ENRIGHT, N.J., and MCL EAN, R.F., 1988. A late Quaternary vegetation history for far northern New Zealand. Journal of Biogeography, 15, 649-656.
12. DULHUNTY, J.A., 1944. Origin of New South Wales torbanites. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 69, 26-48
13. ELLIOTT, M.B., 1998. Late Quaternary pollen records of vegetation and climate change from Kaitaia Bog, far northern New Zealand. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 99, 189-202.
14. ELLIOTT, M.B.; FLENLEY, J.R., and SUTTON, D.G., 1998. A late Holocene pollen record of deforestation and environmental change from the Lake Tauanui catchment, Northland, New Zealand. Journal of Paleolimnology, 19, 23-32.
15. ELLIOTT, M.B.; STRIEWSKI, J.R.; FLENLEY, J.R.; KIRKMAN, J.H., and SUTTON, D.G., 1997. A 4300 yr palynological and sedimentological record of environmental change and human impact from Wharau Road Swamp, Northland, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27, 401-418.
16. ELLIOTT, M.B.; STRIEWSKI, J.R.; FLENLEY, J.R., and SUTTON, D.G., 1995. Palynological and sedimentological evidence for a radiocarbon chronology of environmental change and Polynesian deforestation from Lake Taumatawhana, Northland, New Zealand. Radiocarbon, 37, 899-916.
17. ENRIGHT, N.J.; MCLEAN, R.F., and DODSON, J.R., 1988. Late Holocene development of two wetlands in the Te Paki region, far northern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 18, 369-382.
18. FOSTER, D.R.; SCHOONMAKER, P.K., and PICKETT, S.T.A., 1990. Insights from paleoecology to community ecology. Tree, 5, 119-123,
19. GALE, S.J., and HOARE, P.G., 1991. Quarternary Sediments. New York: Belhaven Press.
20. GIBB, J.G., 1986. A New Zealand regional Holocene eustatic sea-level curve and its application to determination of vertical tectonic movements. The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin, 24, 377-395.
21. HOLDAWAY, R.N., 1996. Arrival of rats in New Zealand. Nature, 384, 225-226.
22. HORROCKS, M.; NICHOL, S.L.; GREGORY, M.R.; CREESE, R., and AUGUSTINUS, P.C., 2001. A Holocene pollen and sediment record of Whangape Harbour, Far Northern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31, 411-424.
23. HORROCKS, M.; NICHOL, S.L., and SHANE, P.A., 2002. A 6000 year palaeoenvironmental record from Harataonga, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 40, 123-135.
24. HORROCKS, M.; OGDEN, J.; NICHOL, S.L.; ALLOWAY, B.V., and SUTTON, D.G., 2000a. A Late Quaternary palynological and sedimentological record from two coastal swamps at southern Kaitoke, Great Barrier Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30, 49-68.
25. HORROCKS, M.; OGDEN, J.; NICHOL, S.L.; ALLOWAY, B.V., and SUTTON, D.G., 2000b. Palynology, sedimentology and environmental significance of Holocene swamps at northern Kaitoke, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30, 27-47.
26. HORROCKS, M.; OGDEN, J.; NICHOL, S.L., ALLOWAY, B.V., and SUTTON, D.G., 1999. The palynology and sedimentology of a coastal swamp at Awana, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, from ca 7000 YBP to present. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 29, 213-233.
27. HORROCKS, M.; SHANE, P.A.; BARBER, I.G.; D'COSTA, D.M., and NICHOL, S.L., 2004. Microbotanical remains reveal Polynesian agriculture and mixed cropping in early New Zealand. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 131, 147-157.
28. KERSHAW, A.P., and STRICKLAND, K.M., 1988. A Holocene pollen diagram from Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 26, 145-152.
29. LOPEZ-BUENDIA, A.M.; BASTIDA, J.; QUEROL, X., and WHATELEY, M.K.G., 1999. Geochemical data as indicators of paleosalinity in coastal organic-rich sediments. Chemical Geology, 157, 235-254.
30. LOWE, D.J.; NEWNHAM, R.M., and WARD, C.M., 1999. Stratigraphy and chronology of a 15 ka sequence of multi-sourced silicic tephras in a montane peat bog, eastern North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 42, 565-579.
31. MCFADGEN, B.G., 2003. Pre-European archaeology of the coast. In: GOFF, J.R., NICHOL, S.L., and ROUSE, H.L. (eds.), The New Zealand coast. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, pp. 265-296.
32. MCGLONE, M.S. and WILMSHURST, J.M., 1999. Dating initial Maori environmental impact in New Zealand. Quarternary International, 59, 5-16.
33. MESHESHA, M.Y. and BLACK, P.M., 1989. The geology of Purerua Peninsula, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin, 26, 29-37.
34. MIDDLETON, A., 2003. Maori and European landscapes at Te Puna, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 1805-1850. Archaeology in Oceania, 38, 110-124.
35. MOORE, P.D.; WEBB, J.A., and COLLINSON, M.E., 1991. Pollen Analysis, 2nd edition. London: Blackwell Scientific.
36. NEWNHAM, R.M., 1992. A 30,000 year pollen, vegetation and climate record from Otakairangi (Hikurangi), Northland, New Zealand. Journal of Biogeography, 19, 541-554.
37. NEWNHAM, R.M. and LOWE, D.J., 1991. Holocene vegetation and volcanic activity, Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand. Journal of Quaternary Science, 6, 177-193.
38. NEWNHAM, R.M.; LOWE, D.J., and WIGLEY, G.N.A., 1995. Late Holocene palynology and palaeovegetation of tephra-bearing mires at Papamoa and Waihi Beach, western Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 25, 283-300.
39. NEWSOME, P.F.J., 1987. The Vegetative Cover of New Zealand. Ministry of Works and Development, Water and Soil Miscellaneous Publication No. 112.
40. PILLANS, B., 1986. A Late Quaternary uplift map for North Island, New Zealand. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin, 24, 409-417.
41. ROBINSON, C., 1994. Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy: a long record of environmental change illustrated by sediment geochemistry. Chemical Geology, 118, 235-254.
42. ROBINSON, C.; SHIMMIELD, G.B., and CHEER, K.M., 1993. Geochemistry of Lago Grande di Monticchio, S. Italy. In: NEGENDANK, J.F.K., and ZOLITSCHKA, B. (eds.), Paleolimnology of European maar lakes. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 49, pp. 317-332.
43. SHANE, P., 2000. Tephrochronology: a New Zealand case study. Earth-Science Reviews, 49, 223-259.
44. SUTHERLAND, C.F.; COX, J.E.; TAYLOR, N.H., and WRIGHT, A.C.S., 1980. Soil map of Whangaroa-Kaikohe area (sheets P 04/05), North Island, New Zealand. Scale 1:100 000. New Zealand Soil Bureau Map, 183.
45. THOMAS, E. and VAREKAMP, J.C., 1991. Paleo-environmental analyses of marsh sequences (Clinton, Connecticut): evidence for punctuated rise in relative sea-level during the latest Holocene. Journal of Coastal Research, 11, 125-158.
46. TOMLINSON, A.I. and SANSOM, J., 1994a. Rainfall Normals for New Zealand for the Period 1961 to 1990. Wellington: NIWA.
47. TOMLINSON, A.I. and SANSOM, J., 1994b. Temperature Normals for New Zealand for the Period 1961 to 1990. Wellington: NIWA.
48. VAN GEEL, B., 1978. A palaeoecological study of Holocene peat bog sections in Germany and the Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores, and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae, cormophytes and animals. Review of Palaeobotany and Palymology, 25, 1-120.
49. VAN GEEL, B. and GRENFELL, H.R., 1996. Spores of Zygnemataceae. In: JANSONIUS, J., and MCGREGOR, D.C. (eds.), Palynology: Principles and applications, Volume 1. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, pp. 173-179.
50. WARDLE, P., 1991. Vegetation of New Zealand. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
51. WERSIN, P.; HOHENER, P.; GIOVANOLI, R., and STUMM, W., 1991. Early diagenetic influences on iron transformations in a fresh-water lake sediment. Chemical Geology, 90, 233-252.
52. WILSON, C.J.N., 1993. Stratigraphy, chronology, styles and dynamics of late Quaternary eruptions from Taupo volcano, New Zealand. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, 343A, 205-306.