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Subfossil Simuliidae track past river flow into an industrially contaminated lake

Brigitte Simmatis, Alexandre Baud, Irene Gregory-Eaves, Pierre Francus (UGent) and John P. Smol
(2020) JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. 64(3). p.179-192
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Stoco Lake (Tweed, Ontario, Canada) has a history of industrial contamination and is heavily influenced by inflow from the Moira River. Stoco Lake is frequently affected by nuisance algal blooms (including cyanobacteria), which have largely been attributed to cultural eutrophication. To further our understanding of the environmental dynamics of Stoco Lake, we applied paleolimnological techniques to examine long-term trends in subfossil invertebrate assemblages, geochemistry, and inferred trends in whole-lake primary production from a sediment core representing similar to 70 years of environmental history. We examined past trends in Simuliidae abundance, geochemical variables, and historical river flow records to examine past hydrological conditions in Stoco Lake. Inferred whole-lake primary production and sediment core organic content increased between the late 1950s and early 1970s, likely reflecting increased eutrophication (e.g. from agricultural intensification and increased catchment activities), with some stabilization in the post-1970s sediments coinciding with the installation of a sewage treatment plant. The geochemical composition of the core highlighted the decrease in catchment-derived sediment inputs and an increase in percentage of organic content towards the top of the core. In addition, declines in the proportion of As and Ni coincided with the closure of the upstream Deloro Mine Site in the 1960s. Chironomidae and Chaoboridae (Diptera) assemblages indicate expansion of littoral habitat after the 1960s and a general stability of low-oxygen conditions in the hypolimnion over the past similar to 70 years. Several Simuliidae (Diptera: Nematocera) remains, indicators of fluvial conditions rarely discussed in paleolimnological studies, were present at their highest abundances in the pre- similar to 1975 sediments of the core, but disappeared after the early 1990s. Our findings suggest that changes in river flow (discharge, velocity, or seasonality) may have contributed to recent algal blooms. Overall, this study highlights the potential of Simuliidae in paleohydrological studies to help understand the role of river flow on lake conditions.
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MIDGES DIPTERA, FOSSIL MIDGES, WATER, ONTARIO, CANADA, TEMPERATURE, CALIBRATION, Black flies, Paleohydrology, Chironomidae, Nuisance algal blooms, Cultural eutrophication

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Simmatis, Brigitte, et al. “Subfossil Simuliidae Track Past River Flow into an Industrially Contaminated Lake.” JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY, vol. 64, no. 3, 2020, pp. 179–92, doi:10.1007/s10933-020-00130-4.
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Simmatis, B., Baud, A., Gregory-Eaves, I., Francus, P., & Smol, J. P. (2020). Subfossil Simuliidae track past river flow into an industrially contaminated lake. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY, 64(3), 179–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00130-4
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Simmatis, Brigitte, Alexandre Baud, Irene Gregory-Eaves, Pierre Francus, and John P. Smol. 2020. “Subfossil Simuliidae Track Past River Flow into an Industrially Contaminated Lake.” JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY 64 (3): 179–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00130-4.
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Simmatis, Brigitte, Alexandre Baud, Irene Gregory-Eaves, Pierre Francus, and John P. Smol. 2020. “Subfossil Simuliidae Track Past River Flow into an Industrially Contaminated Lake.” JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY 64 (3): 179–192. doi:10.1007/s10933-020-00130-4.
Vancouver
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Simmatis B, Baud A, Gregory-Eaves I, Francus P, Smol JP. Subfossil Simuliidae track past river flow into an industrially contaminated lake. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. 2020;64(3):179–92.
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B. Simmatis, A. Baud, I. Gregory-Eaves, P. Francus, and J. P. Smol, “Subfossil Simuliidae track past river flow into an industrially contaminated lake,” JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 179–192, 2020.
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  author       = {{Simmatis, Brigitte and Baud, Alexandre and Gregory-Eaves, Irene and Francus, Pierre and Smol, John P.}},
  issn         = {{0921-2728}},
  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
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  title        = {{Subfossil Simuliidae track past river flow into an industrially contaminated lake}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00130-4}},
  volume       = {{64}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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