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Bromine as indicator of source of lacustrine sedimentary organic matter in paleolimnological studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2019

Sergio Ribeiro Guevara Open the ORCID record for Sergio Ribeiro Guevara [Opens in a new window] ,
Andrea Rizzo ,
Romina Daga ,
Natalia Williams  and
Stefania Villa
Sergio Ribeiro Guevara*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Análisis por Activación Neutrónica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, Av. Bustillo km 9.5, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
Andrea Rizzo
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Análisis por Activación Neutrónica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, Av. Bustillo km 9.5, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina Centro Científico Tecnológico–CONICET–Patagonia Norte, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
Romina Daga
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Análisis por Activación Neutrónica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, Av. Bustillo km 9.5, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina Centro Científico Tecnológico–CONICET–Patagonia Norte, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
Natalia Williams
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Análisis por Activación Neutrónica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, Av. Bustillo km 9.5, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina Centro Científico Tecnológico–CONICET–Patagonia Norte, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
Stefania Villa
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, 8332 Gral. Roca, Argentina
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*Corresponding author e-mail address: ribeiro@cab.cnea.gov.ar
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Abstract

Bromine (Br) to organic matter (OM) concentration ratio is studied in lake sediment sequences to provide information on environmental changes modifying OM production. The sequences studied were extracted from shallow lakes Morenito, El Trébol, Escondido, and Portezuelo; and deep lakes Futalaufquen, Moreno, and Traful (North Patagonia Andean range). Lake Morenito, a former Lake Moreno bay until its closure in AD 1960, showed a decrease in Br:OM ratios from 1.38 to 0.74 after lake closure, associated with an increase of primary autochthonous productivity attributable to the development of submerged and emerging macrophytes. Sedimentary sequences from Lakes Escondido, Portezuelo, and El Trébol (with large participation of macrophytes in primary productivity), and from Lakes Moreno, Futalaufquen, and Traful (with little development of littoral macrophytes), showed Br:OM ratios consistent with the Lake Morenito pattern. Consistently, the morphometric parameters mean depth and shoreline development correlate with Br:OM ratios. Therefore, Br:OM ratios can be associated with the composition of primary autochthonous productivity, with values of about 0.7 associated to significant macrophyte contributions, and higher values associated with more pelagic contributions. Accordingly, Br:OM variations along a sedimentary sequence can be associated with modifications on the composition of the primary autochthonous productivity of the water body, providing information on environmental changes.

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BromineOrganic matterLakesSediment sequencePaleolimnologyPaleoclimatologyNorth Patagonia

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Quaternary Research , Volume 92 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 257 - 271
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019 

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