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Implication of atmospheric nutrient inputs and warming effects for the ecosystem of Lake Yamanaka, Japan, revealed by sedimentary analysis
To reconstruct the historical trend of lake productivity and trophic status in mountain lakes over the past 60 years, we examined the diatom and cladoceran zooplankton remains, fossil pigments, and organic geo...
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Sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide and complexation of Pu(IV) with organic ligands secreted by fungal cells
We investigated the sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide, composed of Mn(IV) oxide and hyphae, produced by Mn(II)-oxidizing fungus. The sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide was similar to that of U(VI) a...
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Temporal variations in phytoplankton biomass over the past 150 years in the western Seto Inland Sea, Japan
We examined fossil pigments in a 210Pb-dated sediment core to document the temporal variations in phytoplankton biomass over the past 150 years in a semi-enclosed bay, Beppu Bay, in the western Seto Inland Sea, J...
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Eutrophication of mountain lakes in Japan due to increasing deposition of anthropogenically produced dust
Atmospheric dust has wide-reaching effects, not only influencing climate conditions, but also ecosystems. The eastern region of the Asian continent is one of the largest emitters of dust in the world, and rece...
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Evaluating the Contribution of Long-Range Transport of Heavy Metals from the Asian Continent to Their Concentrations in Sediment Cores from Lake Shinji, Western Japan
The historical trend of heavy metal pollution recorded in sediment cores from Lake Shinji, western Japan, was investigated to evaluate the contribution of increasing long-range transport of heavy metals from t...
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Holocene paleolimnological changes in Lake Skallen Oike in the Syowa Station area of Antarctica inferred from organic components in a sediment core (Sk4C-02)
Antarctic climate changes influence environmental changes at both regional and local scales. Here we report Holocene paleolimnological changes in lake sediment core Sk4C-02 (length 378.0 cm) from Lake Skallen ...
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Sedimentary Steryl Chlorin Esters (SCEs) and Other Photosynthetic Pigments as Indicators of Paleolimnological Change Over the Last 28,000 Years from the Buguldeika Saddle of Lake Baikal
Detailed depth profiles of photosynthetic pigments in a sediment core (G-12) collected at the BDP93 site, the Buguldeika saddle, of south Lake Baikal, along with depth profiles of total organic carbon (TOC) an...
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Sterol composition of steryl chlorin esters (SCEs) formed through grazing of algae by freshwater crustaceans: relevance to the composition of sedimentary SCEs
In a laboratory experiment, we studied the composition of sterols in steryl chlorin esters (SCEs) egested in fecal pellets of freshwater crustaceans (Daphnia magna and Asellus hilgendorfi) fed on a single green a...
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Influence of climate fluctuation on clay formation in the Baikal drainage basin
Sedimentary cores BDP 96 and 98 and VER 96-2 St. 3 from Academician Ridge in Lake Baikal were investigated to investigate the effect of climatic fluctuations on rock weathering and clay formation in the Baikal...
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Sedimentary photosynthetic pigments of algae and phototrophic bacteria in Lake Hamana, Japan: temporal changes of anoxia in its five basins
We analyzed photosynthetic pigments of algae and bacteria (phototrophic sulfur bacteria: Chromatium and brown Chlorobium) in sediment cores and water samples obtained from five basins of Lake Hamana, a brackish, ...
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Phototrophic activity and redox condition in Lake Hamana, Japan, indicated by sedimentary photosynthetic pigments and molybdenum over the last ∼250 years
We analyzed photosynthetic pigments, total organic carbon (TOC), biogenic silica, and Mo, a redox-sensitive element, in 210Pb-dated sediment cores to reconstruct the historical changes in primary productivity and...
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Residual Photosynthetic Pigments in the Sediment of Lake Baikal as Indicators of Phytoplankton History
Phytoplankton photosynthetic pigments preserved in lake sediments provide important information about the past environment of the lake as it affected the distribution of phytoplankton. This review chapter demo...
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Acid Dissolution of Olivines, Feldspars and Dunite
We have treated feldspars (orthoclase, albite, anorthite), JF-1 (a mixture of orthoclase and albite), olivines (fayalite, forsterite) and JP-1 (dunite: an olivine-rich rock) with HNO3 solution at pH 2 for 10 – 12...
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Alkali metal ion-selective electrodes based on relevant alkali metal ion doped manganese oxides
Potentiometric properties of manganese oxides doped with alkali metal ions (Na+, K+, Rb+ and Cs+), which were prepared by heating mixed solutions (starting solution) of each alkali metal and Mn2+ ions, were exami...