Forty years of paleoecology in the Galapagos

The Galapagos Islands provided one of the first lowland paleoecological records from the Neotropics. Since the first cores were raised from the islands in 1966, there has been a substantial increase in knowledge of past systems, and development of the science of paleoclimatology. The study of fossil pollen, diatoms, corals and compound-specific isotopes on the Galapagos has contributed to the maturation of this discipline. As research has moved from questions about ice-age conditions and mean states of the Holocene to past frequency of El Niño Southern Oscillation, the resolution of fossil records has shifted from millennial to sub-decadal. Understanding the vulnerability of the Galapagos to climate change will be enhanced by knowledge of past climate change and responses in the islands.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bush, M.B., Colinvaux, P.A., Steinitz-Kannan, M., Overpeck, J.T., Sachs, J., Cole, J., Collins, A., Conroy, J., Restrepo, A., Zhang, Z.
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2010-10
Subjects:	Conservation, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environment, habitat change, global warming, global climate change,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/36289
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