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March 25, 2026BiologyOpen Access

Environmental Changes During the Late Glacial and Early Holocene Transition Revealed by Palaeolimnological Record from Southern Lithuania

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Assesses palaeoenvironmental changes in southern Lithuania, revealing ecological shifts during climate transitions.

The study aims to reconstruct environmental changes during the Late Glacial to Early Holocene transition.
Used Cladoceran, plant macrofossil, and diatom analyses for environmental reconstruction.
Focused on trophic state, acidification, and water-level fluctuations.
Correlated findings with notable climatic events like GI-1b and GI-1a.
Sedimentation began around 13,200–13,000 cal yr BP in an oligotrophic cold-water ecosystem.
Significant ecological shift to a warmer, shallow environment observed around 13,000 cal yr BP.
Lake levels rose during the Younger Dryas (12,850–11,650 cal yr BP), followed by a climate warming event around 12,000 cal yr BP.

Kluczynska et al. (2026) studied this question.

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