Anthropogenic activities in the páramo trigger ecological shifts in Tropical Andean lakes

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Anthropogenic activities in the páramo trigger ecological shifts in Tropical Andean lakes
 
Hagemans, Kimberley; Donders, Timme H.; Nooren, Kees; Scheper, Iris E.E.; Stekelenburg, Martin C.A.; Theunissen, Maud; Minderhoud, Philip S.J.; Goldenberg-Vilar, Alejandra; León-Yánez, Susana; Ormaza, Manuela; Wagner-Cremer, Friederike; Cvetkoska, Aleksandra
(2023) Quaternary Research (United States), volume 114, pp. 18 - 29
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Abstract
A robust understanding of the impact of anthropogenic activities on high-altitude tropical aquatic ecosystems is key for the conservation and protection of the Tropical Andean biodiversity hot spot. We present the results of a multiproxy study of lake sediments from the high Andean páramo of El Cajas National Park, a ... read more
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Keywords: Andean lakes, diatoms, multiproxy, pollen, páramo, road construction, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Earth-Surface Processes, General Earth and Planetary Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2023.9
ISSN: 0033-5894
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Note: Funding Information: We are grateful to personnel from the ECP and ETAPA-EP for permitting access to the park and providing valuable information on its management and conservation. Hans van Aken assisted in fieldwork and measurement of water properties. Our thanks also go the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador (MAE) for providing research and fieldwork permissions (permit no. 009_SGA_2015_PNC_BD_VA_Donders). We thank Eva Wijnands for her contribution to the charcoal analyses. This research was funded by the Earth and Life Science council (ALW) of the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO; grant no. 824.14.018). The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Funding Information: We are grateful to personnel from the ECP and ETAPA-EP for permitting access to the park and providing valuable information on its management and conservation. Hans van Aken assisted in fieldwork and measurement of water properties. Our thanks also go the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador (MAE) for providing research and fieldwork permissions (permit no. 009-SGA-2015-PNC-BD-VA-Donders). We thank Eva Wijnands for her contribution to the charcoal analyses. This research was funded by the Earth and Life Science council (ALW) of the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO; grant no. 824.14.018). The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 The Author(s).
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