scholarly journals Paléoenvironnement d’une plage tardiglaciaire de 10 580 ans BP dans la région de Charlevoix, Québec

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Étienne Govare ◽  
Pierre Gangloff

RÉSUMÉ Vers 10 580 ans BP, la Mer de Goldthwait dépose 2,50 m de vase fossilifère dans une anse sur la rive nord de l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent. Le dépôt a été soulevé à 120 m d'altitude. Il s'observe aux Éboulements, dans la région de Charlevoix, à 60 km au nord-est de la ville de Québec. Emboîté dans une série de cordons de plages, il résulte d'un épisode de sédimentation intertidale au niveau d'une basse slikke. La flore diatomifère (17 taxons et 27 genres) est représentée par des éléments benthiques, surtout Diploneis smithii. La faune littorale (3 taxons et 6 genres) est dominée par Hiatella arctica et Musculus niger. La composition isotopique des coquilles de mollusques fossiles indique des eaux littorales légèrement plus chaudes et moins salées que celles qui caractérisent aujourd'hui l'ensemble des eaux du golfe du Saint-Laurent. La côte était bordée d'une toundra herbacée où croissaient des espèces arctiques-alpines, dont Dryas integrifolia, Salix herbacea, Armeria labradorica, Silène acaulis et des saxifrages. L'intérieur des terres était couvert d'une toundra arbustive. Des fentes de gel fossiles dans des dépôts littoraux corrélatifs indiquent la présence d'un pergélisol.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Teichert ◽  
Martin G. J. Löder ◽  
Ines Pyko ◽  
Marlene Mordek ◽  
Christian Schulbert ◽  
...  

AbstractThere is an increasing number of studies reporting microplastic (MP) contamination in the Arctic environment. We analysed MP abundance in samples from a marine Arctic ecosystem that has not been investigated in this context and that features a high biodiversity: hollow rhodoliths gouged by the bivalve Hiatella arctica. This bivalve is a filter feeder that potentially accumulates MPs and may therefore reflect MP contamination of the rhodolith ecosystem at northern Svalbard. Our analyses revealed that 100% of the examined specimens were contaminated with MP, ranging between one and 184 MP particles per bivalve in samples from two water depths. Polymer composition and abundance differed strongly between both water depths: samples from 40 m water depth showed a generally higher concentration of MPs and were clearly dominated by polystyrene, samples from 27 m water depth were more balanced in composition, mainly consisting of polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polypropylene. Long-term consequences of MP contamination in the investigated bivalve species and for the rhodolith bed ecosystem are yet unclear. However, the uptake of MPs may potentially impact H. arctica and consequently its functioning as ecosystem engineers in Arctic rhodolith beds.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1216-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliano Bonanomi ◽  
Adriano Stinca ◽  
Giovanni Battista Chirico ◽  
Giampiero Ciaschetti ◽  
Antonio Saracino ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
R. Watling ◽  
N.J. Riddiford

A taxonomic list of the non-lichenised fungi recorded for Fair Isle is given. The total comprises 260 taxa: 251 verified species and 9 additional intraspecific variants. Several other entities remain provisional until fresh material is available. The list is annotated with summary details of abundance, distribution, habitat, phenology and, for notable species, their wider status within Britain. Four species are new citations for the British Isles. The list demonstrates the island’s regional, national, international and conservation importance, particularly for grassland taxa and montane fungi associated with dwarf willow (Salix herbacea).


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Šamánek ◽  
Radek Mikuláš ◽  
Nela Doláková ◽  
Šářka Hladilová

In 2015 the locality Borač-Podolí was newly examined. The locality is situated 8 km NW from the town of Tišnov. A large amount of shallow-water fossils of middle Miocene (Badenian) age was collected. The state of preservation of the material enabled us bivalve borings of ichnogenus Gastrochaenolites which were bored into colonies of hermatype corals and other calcareous hard substrates. In some of these borings, bivalves were found in situ. The borings were determined as Gastrochaenolites isp., Gastrochaenolites orbicularis, Gastrochaenolites lapidicus, Gastrochaenolites dijugus and Gastrochaenolites torpedo. The in situ bivalves were determined as Gastrochaena cf. intermedia, Rocellaria cf. dubia, Hiatella arctica and Cardita calyculata. The first three species probably represent primary borers while Cardita calyculata is probably a secondary user (squatter). Based on an analysis of fossil material, we can assume that borings were created aft er the death of corals during the repeated transport of these bioclasts. It led to colonizing of the whole surface of coral bioclasts. The bioclasts were then moved to deeper water. Transport to water with clay sedimentation enabled the preservation of the bivalves in situ in borings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 106058
Author(s):  
Maria Kolon ◽  
Marcin Kopeć ◽  
Bronisław Wojtuń ◽  
Aleksandra Samecka-Cymerman ◽  
Lucyna Mróz ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Shakhnoza S. Azimova ◽  
Anna I. Glushenkova
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