Bibliographic citations
Quintana, C., (2021). El uso de Diatomeas como indicador de cambios ambientales en sedimentos del Lago Yanacocha (Cuzco, Perú) durante el Holoceno Tardío [Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/4695
Quintana, C., El uso de Diatomeas como indicador de cambios ambientales en sedimentos del Lago Yanacocha (Cuzco, Perú) durante el Holoceno Tardío []. PE: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/4695
@misc{renati/243496,
title = "El uso de Diatomeas como indicador de cambios ambientales en sedimentos del Lago Yanacocha (Cuzco, Perú) durante el Holoceno Tardío",
author = "Quintana Zagaceta, Christian Hans",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2021"
}
Lake Yanacocha is a tarn formation surrounding the Quelccaya Ice Cap (QIC) and its maximum water depth is 5.6 m. This waterbody is considered a non-glacially fed, shallow and polymictic elevated Andean lake, a common type of lake in the Vilcanota cordillera. The taxonomical and quantitative analysis of the diatom’s assemblages in the lake sediments, showed a steady population of small fragilaroids such as Staurosira venter and aulacoseiras such as Aulacoserira alpigena and Aulacoseira válida that reached peaks of around 40 per cent relative abundance during the last 2000 years. The diatoms doubled their concentration (DC) and Accumulation Rates (DAR) in the last 1000 years. The DC and the benthic species Staurosira venter raised in a similar trend and in an opposite direction to the aulacoseiras. The clustering analysis identified five biozones, and it was in Zone 4 where the DAR and richness species reached their lowest values while precipitation and aulacoseiras increased. The increase of clastic flux in Zone 2 might be associated with anthropogenic activities including pre-incan mining and agriculture. In this Zone, the highest peaks of DC and DAR occurred in parallel with the peaks of ammonia and nitrates registered in the QIC, linking to a new nitrogen source that would favor benthic species production in Lake Yanacocha. The maximum values of Fe registered in the XRF analysis in Zone 2 could have limited the production of aulacoseiras, for being sensitive to metals pollution, in addition to the arid conditions. Processes of re-suspension of the sediments and wind-blown transport of diatoms valves from surrounding lakes, can be also considered as other possible causes for the CD rise, that decreased in Zone 1.The canonical analysis would suggest that most of the carbon content in the lake would come from littoral zones and surrounding vegetation
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