How a Sphagnum fuscum-dominated bog changed into a calcareous fen: the unique Holocene history of a Slovak spring-fed mire

HÁJKOVÁ, Petra, Ab GROOTJANS, Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ, Eliška RYBNÍČKOVÁ, Mikulas MADARAS, Věra OPRAVILOVÁ, Dierk MICHAELIS, Michal HÁJEK, Hans JOOSTEN and Leslaw WOLEJKO. How a Sphagnum fuscum-dominated bog changed into a calcareous fen: the unique Holocene history of a Slovak spring-fed mire. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012, vol. 27, No 3, p. 233-243. ISSN 0267-8179. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1534.

Basic information

• Original name: How a Sphagnum fuscum-dominated bog changed into a calcareous fen: the unique Holocene history of a Slovak spring-fed mire
• Name in Czech: Jak se vrchoviště se Sphagnum fuscum změnilo ve slatiniště: unikátní holocenní historie slovenského prameništního slatiniště
• Authors: HÁJKOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ab GROOTJANS (528 Netherlands), Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ (616 Poland), Eliška RYBNÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Mikulas MADARAS (703 Slovakia), Věra OPRAVILOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dierk MICHAELIS (276 Germany), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Hans JOOSTEN (276 Germany) and Leslaw WOLEJKO (616 Poland).
• Edition: JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, MALDEN, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012, 0267-8179.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.939
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057874
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1534
• UT WoS: 000303058700001
• Keywords (in Czech): holocén; sukcese; rašeliniště
• Keywords in English: Holocene; succession; mire
• Tags: AKR, rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Mires develop by autogenic succession from more groundwater-fed to more rainwater-fed. This study describes a similar development in the Early Holocene, followed by a reverse development in the Middle and Late Holocene. Pollen, macrofossil and testate amoeba analyses show that the site started as a minerotrophic open fen woodland. After 10 700 cal a BP autogenic succession led to the accumulation of at least 1?m of Sphagnum fuscum peat. Around 9000 cal a BP, as climate could no longer sustain a stable water regime, the bog desiccated and a fire broke out. The fire removed part of the peat layer and as a consequence relative water levels rose, leading to the establishment of a wet minerotrophic swamp carr. After 600 cal a BP, rapid peat accumulation with calcareous tufa formation resumed as a result of anthropogenic deforestation and hydrological changes in the catchment and resulting increased groundwater discharge.

Abstract (in Czech)

Na základě multi-proxy přístupu jsme zdokumentovali vývoj rašeliniště od vrchoviště po vápnité slatiniště. Takový unikátní vývoj byl zaznamenán na lokalitě Belanské lúky na Slovensku.

Links

• GAP504/11/0429, research and development project: Name: Gradienty prostředí, vegetační dynamika a krajinné změny v Západních Karpatech od pozdního glaciálu po současnost (Acronym: PALAEO-CARPATHIANS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

• MSM0021622416, plan (intention): Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time