[HTML][HTML] Vegetation, fire and climate history in central-western Tasmania (41° S), Australia, over the last∼ 21,000 years

WI Henríquez, MS Fletcher, A Romano - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
We present high resolution pollen and macroscopic charcoal records from Basin Lake, a
relatively small mid-latitude (42° S) lake located in central-western Tasmania, Australia, to …

The impacts of intensive mining on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: A case of sediment pollution and calcium decline in cool temperate Tasmania, Australia

KK Beck, M Mariani, MS Fletcher, L Schneider… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mining causes extensive damage to aquatic ecosystems via acidification, heavy metal
pollution, sediment loading, and Ca decline. Yet little is known about the effects of mining on …

The long-term impacts of climate and fire on catchment processes and aquatic ecosystem response in Tasmania, Australia

KK Beck, MS Fletcher, PS Gadd, H Heijnis… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impacts of fire and climate on freshwater ecosystems are not well understood, masking
the potential impacts of anthropogenic climate change on these systems. A 9200 year …

Responses of a shallow temperate lake ecosystem to major late-Holocene terrestrial vegetation shifts

K Pleskot, M Suchora, K Apolinarska… - The …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Major terrestrial vegetation shifts (MTVSs) resulting from either human activities or natural
processes can exert substantial pressure on lakes mainly through impacts on catchment …

Mountain aquatic Isoëtes populations reflect millennial-scale environmental changes in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem, Central Europe

A Moravcová, A Tichá, VA Carter, D Vondrák… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study we aim to investigate millennial-scale dynamics of Isoëtes, a type of macrophyte
well adapted to oligotrophic and clear-water lakes. Despite its wide distribution during the …

Assessing long-term ecological changes in wetlands of the Bass Strait Islands, southeast Australia: palaeoecological insights and management implications

MA Adeleye, SG Haberle, S Harris, SE Connor… - Wetlands, 2021 - Springer
Understanding long-term ecological development of wetlands is critical to effective
management. The islands of Bass Strait, southeast Australia, have several biologically …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term mercury accumulation and climate reconstruction of an Australian alpine lake during the late Quaternary

MA Schneider, L Schneider, H Cadd… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a volatile metal of international concern due to its toxicity, with a large
atmospheric emission and transport capacity. The biogeochemical cycle of Hg is sensitive to …

Aquatic ecosystem response to climate, fire, and the demise of montane rainforest, Tasmania, Australia

KK Beck, MS Fletcher, BB Wolfe… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The 2019/2020 southeast Australian fires ravaged the environment and threatened endemic
vegetation groups, including the Tasmanian montane rainforest. This endemic biome …

High‐Resolution Elemental Record From the Holocene Sediments of an Alpine Lake in the Central Altai Mountains: Implications for Arctic Sea‐Ice Variations

Q Sun, A Daryin, J Zhao, M Xie, F Darin… - Earth and Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that Arctic sea ice and Arctic amplification have played an important role in
recent climate change in middle to high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. We present a …

Contemporary Controls on Terrestrial Carbon Characteristics in Temperate and Sub‐Tropical Australian Wetlands

A Francke, O Tsimosh, J Tibby, M Reid… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A thorough understanding of controls over terrestrial sedimentary organic carbon
characteristics in both the present and the past is pivotal to better understand atmospheric …