Environmental and geochemical record of human-induced changes in C storage during the last millennium in a temperate wetland (Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park, central Spain)

Fernando Domínguez-Castro; Juan Ignacio Santisteban; Rosa Mediavilla; Walter E. Dean; Enrique López-Pamo; María José Gil-García; María Blanca Ruiz-Zapata

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00211.x

Environmental and geochemical record of human-induced changes in C storage during the last millennium in a temperate wetland (Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park, central Spain)

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 58 (2006): Issue 5

By: Fernando Domínguez-Castro, Juan Ignacio Santisteban, Rosa Mediavilla, Walter E. Dean, Enrique López-Pamo, María José Gil-García and María Blanca Ruiz-Zapata

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|Jan 2006

Abstract

Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park has experienced many hydrological and ecological modifications through out its history, both of natural as well as anthropogenic origin, which have affected its carbon storage capacity and carbon fluxes. The study of those variations has been carried out by the analysis of its sedimentary record (geochemistry and pollen) and historical data. The natural changes have a wider variation range than the anthropogenic ones, showrepetitive patterns and the system reacts readjusting the equilibrium among its components. Anthropogenic effects depend on the direct or indirect impact on the wetlands of change and its intensity. In addition, the anthropogenic impacts have the capacity of breaking the natural balance of the ecosystem and the internal interactions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00211.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 573 - 585

Submitted on: Jan 14, 2006

Accepted on: Jun 26, 2006

Published on: Jan 1, 2006

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© 2006 Fernando Domínguez-Castro, Juan Ignacio Santisteban, Rosa Mediavilla, Walter E. Dean, Enrique López-Pamo, María José Gil-García, María Blanca Ruiz-Zapata, published by Stockholm University Press
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