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A 1100-year multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental record from Lake Höglwörth, Bavaria, Germany
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Maximilian Prochnow
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Thomas Kasper
Institute for Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Linda Langhans
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Peter Frenzel
Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Paul Strobel
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Marcel Bliedtner
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Gerhard Daut
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Christopher Berndt
Institute for Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Sönke Szidat
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Gary Salazar
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Antje Schwalb
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Roland Zech
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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This study presents a palaeoenvironmental record from Lake Höglwörth, Bavaria, Germany. Before 870 CE peat deposits existed. Erosion increased from 1240 to 1380 CE, followed by aquatic productivity and anoxia from 1310 to 1470 CE. Increased allochthonous input and a substantial shift in the aquatic community in 1701 were caused by construction of a mill. Recent anoxia has been observed since the 1960s.
This study presents a palaeoenvironmental record from Lake Höglwörth, Bavaria, Germany. Before...
