Sediments of two alpine lakes in Tatra Mts., Slovakia, record the environmental history of their catchments from deglaciation in Late Glacial warming up to the Subboreal period. We present a biomarker-based reconstruction of changes in the surrounding biota of two contrasting lakes – a relic lake in open fen Trojrohé pleso (TROJ) and a tarn lake Batizovské pleso (BAT). Taking advantage of young unaltered sediments, well-known source area, and main biomass producers, we used an actualistic approach and interpreted sedimentary lipid distributions using fingerprints of modern plant groups. Four chemostratigraphic units were defined in TROJ lake and five units in BAT lake, with boundaries and environmental changes roughly conforming to paleoclimatic intervals of the Holocene. The dry climate was recorded in the period 13,200 BP–11,500 BP, coincident with Younger Dryas stadial. In the sediment of TROJ lake at ca. 5,200 BP a sharp spike in the abundance of the aromatic terpenoid retene, decoupled from the trend of other abietane-type diterpenoids, may best be explained by episodic flooding due to the rise of the water table. Diploptene as a biomarker for bacterial activity is suggested to indicate the development of soil cover at the end of the B/A interstadial and its gradual increase in abundance in the Holocene most reflecting an extension of vegetated area and more complex development of soil cover. Based on the absence of conifer biomarkers in the sediments of BAT lake, the upper limit of the continuous Pinus mugo scrub never reached the altitude of 1880 m a.s.l. between 16,247 and 4,420 BP, whereas conifer canopy was permanently present around TROJ lake at 1611 m a.s.l. between 10,439 and 3,113 BP.

斯洛伐克塔特拉山两个高山湖泊的沉积物记录了其流域从晚冰期变暖到亚寒带时期的冰消期的环境历史。我们对 两个对比鲜明的湖泊周围生物群的变化进行了基于生物标记的重建，这两个湖泊是开放特罗伊罗赫普莱索 (TROJ) 沼泽遗迹湖和巴蒂佐夫斯克普莱索 (BAT) 塔恩湖。利用年轻的未改变的沉积物、众所周知的来源区域和主要的生物量生产者，我们采用了现实的方法，并利用现代植物群的指纹解释了沉积脂质分布。TROJ湖定义了4个化学地层单元，BAT湖定义了5个化学地层单元，边界和环境变化大致符合全新世古气候区间。干旱气候记录于距今 13,200 年至 11,500 年期间，与新仙女木期一致。位于特罗伊湖 (TROJ Lake) 的沉积物中。距今 5,200 年前， 芳香类萜烯的丰度急剧上升，与其他松香烷型二萜类化合物的趋势脱钩，最好的解释可能是地下水位上升导致的间歇性洪水。建议将双烯作为 细菌活性的生物标志物来指示 B/A 间质层末端土壤覆盖的发展及其在全新世丰度的逐渐增加，最反映了植被面积的扩大和土壤覆盖更复杂的发展。基于BAT湖沉积物中针叶树生物标志物的缺失，连续毛果松的上限在距今 16,247 至 4,420 年间，灌木丛从未达到海拔 1880 米的高度，而距今 10,439 至 3,113 年间，特罗伊湖周围海拔 1611 米的针叶林树冠永久存在。