Holocene plant remains from the shores of Lake Manapouri, New Zealand

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Abstract
Low lake levels at Lake Manapouri expose small plant fragments and logs in beds of silt, deposited on the face of an offshore shelf during a phase of higher lake levels. Radiocarbon dating of wood samples indicates that these beds were laid down between 6 000 and 3 000 yr B.P. Plant fragments are predominantly podocarp, with only a little Nothofagus, which now dominates forests in the area. These results agree with pollen analyses of peats in nearby bogs.