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Carotenoids in bottom sediments of lake Shira as a paleoindicator for reconstruction of Lake States in Khakassiya, Russia

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The concentrations of carotenoids buried in the bottom sediments of Lake Shira (Siberia, Khakassiya) have analyzed for the period of the last 2300 years. The bottom sediments were found to contain carotenoids, which are molecular markers of the corresponding groups of Phototrophic organisms. The bottom sediments of Lake Shira were shown to be a promising object for climate reconstructions of the Late Holocene in southern Siberia.

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  1. Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 5, build. 50, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    V. V. Zykov, D. Yu. Rogozin & A. G. Degermendzhi

  2. Siberian Federal University, Svobodnyi pr. 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia

    D. Yu. Rogozin

  3. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Acedemika Koptyuga pr. 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    I. A. Kalugin & A. V. Dar’in

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Zykov, D.Yu. Rogozin, I.A. Kalugin, A.V. Dar’in, A.G. Degermendzhi, 2012, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 4, pp. 585–595.

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Zykov, V.V., Rogozin, D.Y., Kalugin, I.A. et al. Carotenoids in bottom sediments of lake Shira as a paleoindicator for reconstruction of Lake States in Khakassiya, Russia. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 5, 434–442 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S199542551204018X

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