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ArticleScientific reports2014

Identification of photosynthetic plankton communities using sedimentary ancient DNA and their response to late-Holocene climate change on the Tibetan Plateau.

Weiguo Hou, Hailiang Dong, Gaoyuan Li, Jian Yang, Marco J L Coolen, Xingqi Liu, Shang Wang, Hongchen Jiang, Xia Wu, Haiyi Xiao and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Weiguo HouState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
Hailiang Dong1] State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China [2] Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA.
Gaoyuan LiState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
Jian YangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Marco J L CoolenMarine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Xingqi LiuCollege of Environmental Resources &Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, PR China.
Shang WangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
Hongchen JiangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Xia WuState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
Haiyi XiaoState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Bin LianCollage of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
Yunyang WanDepartment of Geochemistry and Environmental Science, College of Geoscience, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China.
China University of Geosciences (Beijing) · CNChina University of Geosciences · CNCapital Normal University · CNChina University of Petroleum, Beijing · CNNanjing Normal University · CNWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sediments from Tibetan lakes in NW China are potentially sensitive recorders of climate change and its impact on ecosystem function. However, the important plankton members in many Tibetan Lakes do not make and leave microscopically diagnostic features in the sedimentary record. Here we established a taxon-specific molecular approach to specifically identify and quantify sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) of non-fossilized planktonic organisms preserved in a 5-m sediment core from Kusai Lake spanning the last 3100 years. The reliability of the approach was validated with multiple independent genetic markers. Parallel analyses of the geochemistry of the core and paleo-climate proxies revealed that Monsoon strength-driven changes in nutrient availability, temperature, and salinity as well as orbitally-driven changes in light intensity were all responsible for the observed temporal changes in the abundance of two dominant phytoplankton groups in the lake, Synechococcus (cyanobacteria) and Isochrysis (haptophyte algae). Collectively our data show that global and regional climatic events exhibited a strong influence on the paleoecology of phototrophic plankton in Kusai Lake.

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EcosystemChinaClimate ChangeCyanobacteriaDNAGeologic SedimentsPhotosynthesisPlanktonTibetDNA

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