Holocene Paleoecology of a Forested Peatland in Central New England, U.S.A
- HF-ID: HF1991-10
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Zebryk, T.M.
- Associated Person: Foster, D.R., Paillet, F.L.
- Date: 1988 to 1991
- Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest), PH II
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Thesis data, bound copy of thesis,
- correspondence. 1 Accoridion Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches, 11 inches x 17 inches.
- Keywords: fires, paleoecology, pollen, wetlands
- Abstract:
- Biostratigraphic analyses of sediment from the Black Gum Swamp peatland, central MA, U.S.A., document a 13,000 year history of regional upland vegetation change as well as transitions in local wetland vegetation. Major changes in upland vegetation through the late-glacial and Holocene are broadly similar to those recorded at other New England pollen sites, although pollen evidence suggests that the transitional nature of central New England forests became established as early as 8000 yrs. BP. Fluctuations in Picea pollen percentages between 11,000 and 10,000 yrs BP are attributed to the Younger Dryas climatic reversal.
- Files:
- -Black Gum Swamp Vegetation
- -Black Gum Swamp Thesis Figures (copies)
- -Black Gum Swamp Loss-on-Ignition Data
- -Black Gum Swamp Basal Sediments, 14C dates, etc.
- -Black Gum Swamp Water Chemistry
- -Black Gum Swamp Macrofossils
- -Black Gum Swamp pH
- -Black Gum Swamp Bottom Profiles Stratigraphy
- -Black Gum Swamp Stand-Reconstruction Plots (25x25m)
- -Black Gum Swamp Pollen and Charcoal Data
- -Black Gum Swamp Vegetation Statistics, Decorana, Twinspan
- -Black Gum Swamp Basin Morphometry
- -Black Gum Swamp Lotus File Directories
- -Correspondence with F. Paillet, D.R. Foster and T.M. Zebryk (1988 to 1990)
- -D.R. Foster's Copies and Notes on T.M. Zebryk's Data.
- -Bound Copy of T.M. Zebryk's Thesis
- -Hemlock Hollow (HH) Loss-on-Ignition Data
- -Hemlock Hollow (HH) Soil Humus Data.
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- Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 10, drawer 2
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