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Paleolimnological study based on ostracods (Crus­tacea) in late-glacial and Holocene deposits of Lake Krakower See (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NE Germany)

Finn A. Viehberg

 Abstract

Two cores were taken from the southern lake basin to record the lake development from the Allerød until today. The Late Glacial and Holocene deposits of Lake Krakower See (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NE Germany) revealed changing water levels of the lake. Subfossil freshwater ostracods were used to interpret signals in terms of hydrological changes, eutrophication and temperature. A diverse ostracod fauna of 24 species was found in the examined sediment samples. For the first time the development of Late-Glacial and Post-Glacial freshwater ostracod assemblage could be recorded in the study area.