@article{87093fca53a949c18b30abb3d38404ba,
title = "Geochemical effects of biomass burning and land degradation on Lanyu Islet, Taiwan",
abstract = "Reconstructed coral skeletal Pb : Ca and Ba : Ca ratios from the Northern Coast of Lanyu Islet are shown to be sensitive indicators of land–use practices which took place on the islet during the past 30 years. Coral skeletal Pb : Ca and Ba : Ca both increased dramatically. Pb : Ca ratios are very sensitive to biomass burning on Lanyu Islet while Ba : Ca generally respond to rainfall variations except in case of instantaneous flooding. The method presented here provides a quantitative technique for identifying human effects that can be used for coastal land management and offers a way to study the environment during prehistoric times, where no written records are available.",
author = "Tsai–Luen Yu and Bo–Shian Wang and Chen–Feng You and Burr, {George S.} and Chuan–Hsiung Chung and Yue–Gau Chen",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Typhoon Lee for sharing the coral specimens, and Chuan?Chou Shen and Ching?Hsing Chiu for coral coring. We thank Chih?Chieh Su providing the seawater samples and the assistance of crew and technician onboard research vessel Ocean Researcher?1 during the sampling expedition. We also thank Tzu?Chien Chiu and Shein?Fu Wu for their assistance and discussions, and Min?Lin Shen for instrumental management. We further thank two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and H. Maurice Valett for handling the manuscript, as well as the L&O chief editor Everett Fee and the ASLO journals manager Lucille Doucette. This research was supported by the National Science Council to CFY. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/lno.10039",
language = "English",
volume = "60",
pages = "411--418",
journal = "Limnology and Oceanography",
issn = "0024-3590",
publisher = "American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Inc.",
number = "2",
}
