Abstract
A reanalysis of the diatom-inferred pH profile from a sediment core collected in 1980 from Kejimkujik Lake has been made in the light of improved techniques and ecological information. Using Index B calibrated for lakes in Atlantic Canada, the lake pH was 4.6 to 4.7 before anthropogenic disturbances in the watershed began ca. 1850. These disturbances had little immediate impact on pH, but minima of pH 4.5 were evident in the period 1916 to 1950. A diatom-inferred pH of 4.75 in the surface sediments compares with a measured pH of 4.96 in 1980. Disturbances in the watershed since ca. 1850 resulted in a large increase in a form of Asterionella ralfsii, a diatom associated with colored, humic water. A decline in this diatom since 1950 and an increase in taxa less typical of humic water is consistent with the hypothesis of loss of organic matter accompanying acidification from acidic precipitation.
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