Environmental changes in northern New Zealand since the Middle Holocene inferred from stable isotope records (δ 15N, δ 13C) of Lake Pupuke

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-366

  Heyng, Alexander M ^a   Mayr, Christoph ^a,b   Lücke, Andreas ^c   Striewski, Bernd ^d   Wastegård, Stefan ^e   Wissel, Holger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Botryococcus; Carbon; Lacustrine sediment; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Paleoenvironment; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GREEN ALGA; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METHANE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOLUTION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUCKLAND; LAKE PUPUKE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BOTRYOCOCCUS; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84863546528     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9606-5     Document Type: Article

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