Monika Niska

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Pomeranian University in Słupsk

High-resolution multi-indicator analyses, combined with absolute age dating, allow us to track the variability of individual indicators over time. Using the example of analyses applied to Pleistocene deposits from the Lipowo 1 site profile, the scope and potential of three selected bioindicators, pollen, Cladocera and Chironomidae, are discussed wi...

We report the results of high-resolution multi-proxy studies of a 10 m thick sedimentary profile from Łęczyce, Poland. It reveals a continuous lacustrine succession from the Eemian Interglacial. On this basis, we have distinguished seven sedimentary units (U7a-U7f) and ten local palynological zones (LPAZ Lec 1 − Lec 10), revealing the evolution of...

Subfossil pine and oak tree trunks were excavated during exploitation of the Budwity peatland in Northern Poland. Based on dendrochronological analysis, the woodland successions in peatland were reconstructed and correlated with moisture dynamics of the peatland ecosystem inferred from the high-resolution multi-proxy analysis of the peatland deposi...

Rondels are the oldest monumental ceremonial objects in Europe. They appeared some 200 years after the demise of the Linear Pottery culture (c. 4800 BCE). They have given a new shape to the resurgent 'Danubian Neolithic World'. However, despite intensive research, it is still unclear (1) how the transition process took place after the fall of the L...

We present a description of an almost complete skeleton of the forest rhino (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis) found near Gorzów Wielkopolski (Northwest Poland) in its geological and palaeoenvironmental context. While finds of bones and teeth are common, the importance of this find resides in, that it is the most complete specimen of this species, alm...

We describe the penultimate glacial – last interglacial transition from the one of the numerous palaeolake successions in central Poland, which have yielded many documented Eemian and Early Weichselian floral records. In the new profile, Parchliny 2016, the lacustrine deposits were analysed lithologically, botanically, zoologically, and geochemical...

The profile of the Lipowo palaeolake (NE Poland) preserves a record of environmental and climate changes from the Last Glacial Termination (16.5k cal ka BP), stretching from the Oldest Dryas to the youngest Allerød warm oscillation. In this interdisciplinary study of the lacustrine succession at Lipowo, we used biological and geochemical indicators...

The wooly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and forest rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis), were prominent representatives of the Middle and Late Pleistocene glacial and interglacial faunas of Eurasia. Their diet has traditionally been inferred on functional morphology of the dentition and skull. In rare cases, food remains are preserved...

Climate instability in the Eemian Interglacial is gaining more and more evidence. One of such oscillations in the Beckentin record is indicated by the disappearance of the Cladocera and changes in macroremains at the beginning of E4a (Corylus phase). They confirm the shallowing of the reservoir, probably caused by climate changes, but not reflected...

The current state of recognition of Eemian/Eemian–Vistulian subfossil flora sites in central Poland is presented, as well as the results of cladoceran and isotopic investigations of the lake-bog successions of five key sites (Ruszkówek, Kaliska, Kubłowo, Besiekierz and Parchliny “2014”) and inferred environmental variability. The distribution of 58...

The results of a comprehensive study of Pleistocene fish-bearing localities from the territory of Poland are presented. Fish remains came from lacustrine deposits and cave sites representing atime-span from the late Early Pleistocene until the Early Holocene. Here we present the taxonomic composition and species diversity of all known fish assembla...

The Wrzenica 1 (W/1) site is located in the floodplain of the Wieprza River in northern Poland. Material is represented by the 890 cm-long peat and limnic sediments dated to the Younger Dryas and the main part of the Holocene (12 700 3 800 cal. yr BP). The multi-proxy study includes analyses of pollen with non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs), Cladocera...

The concept of creation of the geoportal “Environmental Safety of Ukrainian-Polish Transboundary Territories” has been developed. General principles and methodological approaches of spatiotemporal geographically distributed thematic data integration were substantiated. The geoinformation system, which is based on results of monitoring researches of...

The study aimed to reconstruct major phases of the litho-morpho-pedogenic processes in the southern Baltic coastal zone near Dębina in northern Poland. Five profiles of fossil soils in the coastal cliff were described, sampled and analysed using standard procedures. The studied outcrop covers a sequence of deposits, including the basal till of the Św...

The article presents the results of research on peats, muds and sands filling a palaeocavity within alluvial fans of the Bystrzyca River valley, in the Sudetic Foreland of SW Poland. In the 534-cm deep research profile in the central part of a palaeolake, 267 samples were collected at an interval of 2 cm and lithologically (structural and textural...

Purpose The studies aimed to reconstruct major phases of litho-morpho-pedogenic processes and past environmental changes in the Baltic coastal zone near Poddąbie (54°37,070′ N, 16°57,897′ E) based on physical, chemical, pollen, and fossil Cladocera analysis of the polycyclic pedocomplex. Materials and methods The polycyclic pedocomplex under study...

The paper presents sedimentary records acquired as part of the research on the coastal cliff located between 221.3 and 221.4 km of the Slovincian (Słowinskie) Coast near Debina. Palynological and subfossil Cladocera analysis of sediments combined with geochemical data proves the existence of varying environmental conditions that occurred depending...

The article presents the early results of research of sediments from a palaeolake in the Kleszczów Graben, central Poland. A total of 190 samples were collected and then ca 10–30 samples were botanically (diatoms, pollen and woody macrofossils), zoologically (Cladocera, Mollusca and Ostracoda) and geochemically (elemental content, carbon and nitrog...

Please cite this article in press as: Börner, A., et al., Palaeoecological investigations and 230Th/U dating of the Eemian Interglacial peat sequence from Neubrandenburg-Hinterste Mühle (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, NE Germany), Quaternary International (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.04.003 The Eemian Interglacial sequence was e...

This study aimed to reconstruct environmental changes in the Wkra River Valley near Bielawy Gołuskie (central Poland) based on geochemical, palynological and subfossil Cladocera analysis of deposits filling a palaeo-oxbow lake. Two sediment boreholes collected from the palaeochannel bend (BG-1) and neck (BG-2) include full sequences of organic depo...

p>This work presents results of a paleolimnological study focussed on subfossil Cladocera analysis and on different aspects of the evolution of the Solniki paleolake during the Eemian/Early Vistulian period. The study aimed at the reconstruction of the long-term dynamics of this paleoecosystem and at defining the conditions ( e.g ., water level, tr...

The Eemian interglacial sequence was explored in the gravel pit “Neubrandenburg-Hinterste Mühle” (HM) near Neubrandenburg (NE-Germany). The HM-profile is situated in a former (buried) kettle hole depression between underlying till (Wartanian) covered by Weichselian till unit (Rühberg et al. 1998). According to the palynological classification of St...

The Eemian interglacial sequence was explored in the gravel pit “Neubrandenburg-Hinterste Mühle” (HM) near Neubrandenburg (NE-Germany). The HM-profile is situated in a former (buried) kettle hole depression between underlying till (Wartanian) covered by Weichselian till unit (Rühberg et al. 1998). According to the palynological classification of St...

One of the longest (above 7 m thick) uninterrupted Eemian-Vistulian (Weichselian) pollen successions in Poland is known from Kubłowo (central Poland). The huge importance of this succession is manifested in the possibility of study the evolution of the lake environment under the influence of changing, from interglacial to glacial climatic condition...

This paper presents the results of Cladocera subfossil analysis using material obtained from five paleolakes of the Eemian Interglacial located in central and north-eastern Poland. Analyses of Cladocera subfossils in Poland and other parts of the world have revealed detailed results covering the last 13,000 years. Cladocera subfossils from sediment...

This paper presents development of the paleolake Starowlany existing in the Eemian Interglacial (MIS 5e) in north - eastern Poland. The lake history is based on Cladocera analysis. The paleolake Starowlany is located in the central part of the Sokółka Hills, approximately 9 km north of the town of Sokółka in the North Podlasie Lowland. The sediment...

Interdisciplinary studies on environmental evolution during the last 650 years based on the analysis of mill pond deposits have been conducted in the valley of the Jarosławianka Stream (left-bank tributary of the River Wieprza). According to historical data, confirmed also by radiocarbon dating, the water mill was located in the valley in 1351 and...

Results of Cladocera and organic matter analyses from the Eemian lake deposits in Solniki (NE Poland) are presented. We focused on the reaction of the lake's environment to progressive cooling reflected in the changes of the organic matter and the Cladocera community. Approximately 3-m of sediments accumulated from the optimum of the Eemian Intergl...

Analysis of Cladocera and organic matter from the sediments of the Rzecino paleolake are presented. These are probably among the first detailed published data from the Eemian Interglacial (MIS 5e) organic matter. The Rzecino paleolake is located in NW Poland in an area covered by the last glaciation. Approximately 5.8 m of sediment was analyzed. Pr...

A novel occurrence of an Eemian interglacial peat was identified in 2011 in a short-lived outcrop of the NEL-pipeline trench, near the village of Banzin, Germany. The profiles are situated in a shallow kettle hole within the undulated landscape of the Saalian glaciation. The distribution of dominantly till lithofacies in the Banzin area confirms th...

The results of analysis of Cladocera occurrence in lacustrine sediments from the Kubłowo site have been presented. Lacustrine and peat deposits found there have been previously an analyzed for pollen content (depth of 11.1-3.8 m) and represent a longest continuous Eemian-Vistulian succession in central Po land (Roman and Balwierz, 2010). Cladocera...

Abstract: The paper present results of subfossil Cladocera analysis in the sediments of mill-pond located in the valley of Jarosławianka Creek (Równina Sławieńska NW Poland). Sediments were collected for the soil research aimed to recognize the age and characteristics of soils in the Jarosławianka valley. The water mill was founded in 1351 and ope...

Abstrakt This paper presents the results of fossil Cladocera analysis using material obtained from seven palaeolakes of the Eemian interglacial located in Poland. The main aim of this study was to investigate the state of preservation and diversity of species in the Eemian Cladocera. The studied Eemian lakes were formed at the end of the Wartanian...

We present isotope, cladoceran and diatom results from investigations of Eemian sediments of the palaeolake at Ruszkówek, central Poland. Our analyses of the 15-m-thick sediments indicate that sandy silts occur on the bottom, followed by calcareous gyttja, interbedded with lake marl. The upper part of the sequence contains peat and peaty sands. Val...

During the Eemian optimum, calcareous gyttja and lake marl accumulated. The characteristic feature of calcareous gyttja is an occurrence of fragments of diatoms and plants, while in lake marl they are absent. In the carbonate-rich deposits no Cladocera remains are preserved. Based on the results of stable isotope analyses of carbonates, the eight i...

The results of isotopic and Cladocera investigations of the Eemian lacustrine sediments of Studzieniec palaeolake (Central Poland) are presented. The 12-m thick section contains silty sands and clayey silts on the bottom, then gyttja, and organic silts and peat in the upper part. Based on the results of stable isotope analysis of carbonates the 11...

Results of stable isotope, Cladocera and pollen analyses of lacustrine sediments from Besiekierz (Central Poland) are presented. The Besiekierz palaeolake is located about 25 km north of £ódŸ (Central Poland) at 130 m a.s.l. The 4 m thick deposits comprise silty sands and clayey silts, overlain by calcareous gyttja and organic silts and peat. Polle...

Lake series from the Eemian Interglacial and Early Vistulian has been discovered at Solniki in the Białystok Upland region, north-eastern Poland. Preliminary results of interdisciplinary researches (pollen, diatom, Cladocera, isotopic and magnetic susceptibility analyses) were used to illustrate the changes of the Eemian climate. At present stage o...

In order to reconstruct the environmental history of the Jasień Lake trough, pollen analysis and an analysis of Cladocera remains have been simultaneously carried out. Sediments for pollen research have been collected in the bay sec- tion of the Jasień Lake and in the Obrowo Małe peat bog. Cladocera remains have been sampled in two sites within a p...