A review of factors that regulate carotenoid and chlorophyll deposition and fossil pigment abundance

PR Leavitt - Journal of Paleolimnology, 1993 - Springer
Limnological surveys show that fossil pigment concentration is an accurate predictor of algal
production. However, experimental and mass flux studies indicate that> 90% of pigment is …

Sedimentary pigments

PR Leavitt, DA Hodgson - … change using lake sediments: Terrestrial, algal …, 2001 - Springer
Fossil pigments often preserve in lake sediments long after the morphological remains of
most algae and bacteria are lost. In principle, analyses of sedimentary carotenoids …

[HTML][HTML] Latest Pleistocene and Holocene primary producer communities and hydroclimate in Lake Victoria, eastern Africa

G Wienhues, A Lami, S Bernasconi, M Jaggi… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lake Victoria ecosystem is emblematic of the catastrophic effects that human
activities, particularly cultural eutrophication, can have on freshwater biodiversity. However …

The early diagenesis of organic matter in lacustrine sediments

PA Meyers, R Ishiwatari - Organic geochemistry: Principles and …, 1993 - Springer
Lakes are diverse in their size, biological communities, watershed types, bottom
morphology, and other important limnological factors which impact the accumulation and …

Preservation conditions and the use of sediment pigments as a tool for recent ecological reconstruction in four Northern European estuaries

N Reuss, DJ Conley, TS Bianchi - Marine Chemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Down-core sediment pigment concentrations from four Northern European estuaries were
measured using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to investigate …

Chlorophyll-a degradation during cellular senescence and death

JW Louda, J Li, L Liu, MN Winfree, EW Baker - Organic geochemistry, 1998 - Elsevier
The present study consisted of two parts. First, baseline pigment distributions and potential
analytical alterations in 29 microalgal species using ion-paired RP-HPLC/PDA methodology …

Relationship between organic matter and mercury in recent lake sediment: the physical–geochemical aspects

H Sanei, F Goodarzi - Applied Geochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
This study addresses the physical geochemical aspects of the relationship between Hg and
organic matter in recent sediment from eutrophic lakes in central Alberta, Canada. The types …

Factors affecting enhanced mercury bioaccumulation in inland lakes of Isle Royale National Park, USA

PR Gorski, LB Cleckner, JP Hurley, ME Sierszen… - Science of the Total …, 2003 - Elsevier
We investigated factors causing mercury (Hg) concentrations in northern pike to exceed the
consumption advisory level (> 500 ng/g) in some inland lakes of Isle Royale National Park …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing historical time-series of cyanobacteria in lake sediments: Integrating technological innovation to enhance cyanobacterial management

KJ Erratt, IF Creed, EJ Favot, JP Smol… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global rise of cyanobacterial blooms emphasizes the need to develop tools to manage
water bodies prone to cyanobacterial dominance. Reconstructing cyanobacterial baselines …

The fate of carotenoids in sediments: an overview

JSS Damsté, MP Koopmans - Pure and applied chemistry, 1997 - degruyter.com
The fate of carotenoids in sediments: An overview Page 1 Pure & Appl. Chem., Vol. No. pp.
2067-2074, 1997. Printed in Great Britain. Q 1997 IUPAC The fate of carotenoids in sediments …