Title: Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Land Use on Northern Labrador Forest Stands Based on Paleoecological Data
Citation: Bhiry, N., Lemus-Lauzon, I., & Woollett, J. (2016). Assessing the effects of climate change and land use on northern Labrador forest stands based on paleoecological data. NWT Discovery Portal. https://nwtdiscoveryportal.enr.gov.nt.ca/geoportal/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCF75CFC1-53A4-4F3C-B028-B04653EBF087%7D
Study Site: Nain, Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador
Purpose: We reconstructed the late Holocene vegetation of the Nain region (northern Labrador, northeastern Canada) in order to assess the influence of climate and historic land use on past shifts in forest composition. Chronostratigraphy was used in combination with macrofossil and pollen data from monoliths sampled from four peatlands. Paleoecological reconstructions produced a vegetation history spanning 4900 years for the Nain region that is largely concordant with other studies in Labrador.
Abstract: In total, four monoliths were excavated down to the level of the mineral substrate using a shovel. The stratigraphy of the peat was documented and the onsite vegetation was also inventoried. Macrofossil analysis was conducted following the protocol outlined by Bhiry and Filion (2001).
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Further Info: Lemus-Lauzon, I., Bhiry, N., & Woollett, J. (2016). Assessing the effects of climate change and land use on northern Labrador forest stands based on paleoecological data. Quaternary Research, 86, 260 - 270.
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
Climate change,
Paleoecology,
Geographical coordinates: North: 56.90694, South: 56.46389 East: -61.62639 West: -62.07667
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2010-06-01, End
Date: 2011-08-31
