A ∼300-year record of environmental changes in Lake Issyk-Kul, Central Asia, inferred from lipid biomarkers in sediments

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作者
Zhang, Hongliang [1 ,3 ]
Wu, Jinglu [1 ,2 ]
Li, Qianyu [1 ]
Jin, Miao [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geog & Limnol, State Key Lab Lake Sci & Environm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecol & Environm Cent Asia, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
来源
LIMNOLOGICA | 2021年 / 90卷
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Environmental changes; Lipid biomarkers; Sediment core; Anthropogenic activities; Lake Issyk-Kul; ORGANIC-MATTER; GEOCHEMICAL RECORD; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; SUBMERGED PLANTS; SHAN MOUNTAINS; FATTY-ACID; TIAN-SHAN; DISTRIBUTIONS; KYRGYZSTAN; CLIMATE;
D O I
10.1016/j.limno.2021.125909
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We measured lipid biomarkers (n-alkanes [n-ALKs] and n-alkanoic acids [n-FAs]) and other components of organic matter (total organic carbon [TOC] and total nitrogen [TN]) in a sediment core from Lake Issyk-Kul, Central Asia, to infer environmental changes in and around the lake during the last similar to 300 years. Stratigraphic shifts in lipid biomarkers, TOC and TN, indicate three distinct environmental stages in the lake over the past three centuries: (1) Stage I (1670s-1790s, 51-36 cm sediment depth) corresponds to a period of stable hydrology in the lake, reflected by relatively constant concentrations of n-ALKs and n-FAs and values of related indexes. The interval was a period of relatively low trophic state. Natural factors were the main controls on environmental changes in and around the lake. (2) Stage II (1800s-1970s, 35-15 cm sediment depth) was a period when human activities began to exert influence on the environment in and around the lake. Enhanced agricultural exploitation and greater regional rainfall resulted in delivery to the lake of more land-derived lipids. Logging activity around the lake altered the vegetation, as revealed by shifts in C-27/C-33 ratios and the average chain length (ACL(27_33)). A significant decline in lake level caused by excessive water consumption impacted aquatic macrophytes, as revealed by a reduction in macrophyte indicators. Lower nutrient concentrations were inferred for this period. (3) Stage III (1980s-present, 14-0 cm sediment depth) corresponds to a period of accelerating eutrophication. Before year 2000, lake level declined steadily as a result of low rainfall (drought) and high evaporation, which exerted a strong influence on the lake condition. In addition, anthropogenic activities contributed to lake eutrophication. After 2000, the lake experienced a dramatic increase in trophic state, characterized by high algal productivity, as indicated by greater TN, short-chain n-ALKs and short-chain n-FAs. The change was probably caused by flourishing tourism around the lake. In summary, environmental changes in and around Lake Issyk-Kul during the past similar to 300 years were originally driven largely by natural factors such as shifts in regional precipitation amount. Human activities (e.g. logging, agriculture, water extraction, and more recently, tourism) took on increasingly important roles during the last two centuries, affecting watershed vegetation, the lake primary producer community and lake trophic status. Changes recorded in the lake sediments over the last similar to 300 years are in good agreement with historical records.
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