Anthropogenic influences on estuarine sedimentation and ecology: examples from the varved sediments of the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Rhode Island

• Title: Anthropogenic influences on estuarine sedimentation and ecology: examples from the varved sediments of the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Rhode Island

Author: Hubeny, J. Bradford / King, John W. / Cantwell, Mark

Reference: Journal of Paleolimnology, 41 (2), p.297-314, Feb 2009

doi: 10.1007/s10933-008-9226-2                                             

Keywords: Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Eutrophication, Land use change, Natural background conditions, Varve

Abstract: Estuaries and lakes are undergoing anthropogenic alterations as development and industry intensify in the modern world. Assessing the ecological health of such water bodies is difficult because accurate accounts of pre-anthropogenic estuarine/lacustrine conditions do not exist. Sediments preserved in water bodies provide archives of environmental changes that can be used to understand both natural and anthropogenic forcings. Here, a high-resolution, multi-proxy approach is used to reconstruct environmental conditions of the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Rhode Island, over the last millennium.

URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10933-008-9226-2

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