Journal article
Distinct Anthropocene biosphere recorded by the rise of green algae and chrysophytes in varved sediments of Crawford Lake (Ontario, Canada)
Abstract
The Crawford Lake biosphere evolved in response to both natural and anthropogenic stressors since water filled this karstic basin on the Niagara Escarpment. It was substantially impacted by hydrologic/limnological changes attributed to environmental conditions that define the Northgrippian and Meghalayan Ages, but the greatest impact was human activity in its small catchment. Cultural eutrophication from Indigenous agriculture in the late 13th …
Authors
McCarthy FMG; Moraal JM; Hamilton PB; Pilkington PM; Alderson A; Boyce JI; Llew-Williams B; Heyde A
Journal
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Vol. 381, No. 1942,
Publisher
The Royal Society
Publication Date
January 22, 2026
DOI
10.1098/rstb.2024.0423
ISSN
0962-8436