Recording of climate and diagenesis through sedimentary DNA and fossil  pigments at Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

Vuillemin, Aurèle; Ariztegui, Daniel; Leavitt, Peter R.; Bunting, Lynda; the PASADO Science Team,

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2475-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2475-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2475-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 8

Research article

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27 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 27 Apr 2016

Recording of climate and diagenesis through sedimentary DNA and fossil pigments at Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

Aurèle Vuillemin, Daniel Ariztegui, Peter R. Leavitt, Lynda Bunting, and the PASADO Science Team

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2475-2016-supplement

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Bulk sediment characteristics and geomicrobiology of sediment core 5022-1J from Laguna Potrok Aike, southern Patagonia Vuillemin, A., Ariztegui, D., De Coninck, A. S., Lücke, A., Mayr, C., Schubert, C. J., and PASADO Science Team https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811524

Geomicrobiology, bulk sediment characteristics and pore water chemistry of sediment cores from Laguna Potrok Aike, southern Patagonia, Dataset #811524 Vuillemin, A., Ariztegui, D., Mayr, C., and Lücke, A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811523

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Aquatic sediments record climatic conditions while providing ecological niches for microorganisms. In lacustrine settings, the relationship between environmental features and sedimentary DNA remains largely unknown. Comparison of microbial assemblages with fossil pigments show that the subsurface biosphere is specific to climatic intervals and that post-depositional processes result in a rapid overprint of phototrophic communities by heterotrophic assemblages with preserved pigment compositions.