Evaporation effects as reflected in freshwaters and ostracod calcite from 
modern environments in Central and Northeast Yakutia (East Siberia, Russia)

Wetterich, S.; Herzschuh, U.; Meyer, H.; Pestryakova, L.; Plessen, Birgit; Lopez, C. M. L.; Schirrmeister, L.

doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9505-y

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Evaporation effects as reflected in freshwaters and ostracod calcite from modern environments in Central and Northeast Yakutia (East Siberia, Russia)

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Wetterich, S.
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Herzschuh, U.
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Meyer, H.
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Pestryakova, L.
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Lopez, C. M. L.
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Wetterich, S., Herzschuh, U., Meyer, H., Pestryakova, L., Plessen, B., Lopez, C. M. L., Schirrmeister, L. (2008): Evaporation effects as reflected in freshwaters and ostracod calcite from modern environments in Central and Northeast Yakutia (East Siberia, Russia). - Hydrobiologia, 614, 1, 171-195.
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Abstract

Taxonomical and geochemical investigations on freshwater ostracods from 15 waters in Central and Northeast (NE) Yakutia have been undertaken in order to estimate their potential usefulness in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions based on regional fossil records. Higher variability in environmental factors such as pH, electrical conductivity, and ionic content was observed in thermokarst-affected lakes in Central Yakutia than in NE Yakutia lakes. Species diversity of freshwater ostracods reached up to eight taxa per lake, mostly dominated by Candona weltneri Hartwig 1899, in Central Yakutia, whereas in NE Yakutian waters the diversity was lower and Candona muelleri jakutica Pietrzeniuk 1977 or Fabaeformiscandona inaequivalvis (Sars 1898) had highest frequencies. Coupled analyses of stable isotopes (delta O-18, delta C-13) and element ratios (Sr/Ca, Mg/Ca) were performed on both host waters and ostracod calcite, aiming to estimate the modern relationships. Correlations between host waters and ostracod calcite of single species were found for delta O-18, delta C-13 and Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios. The relationships between delta O-18, Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios and electrical conductivity (salinity) as an expression of solute concentrations in the waters mainly controlled by evaporation are more complicated but evident, and may be useful in future interpretation of geochemical data from fossil Siberian ostracods.