Preface: paleolimnology and lake management

Paterson AM, Köster D, Reavie ED, Whitmore TJ. 2020. Preface: paleolimnology and lake management. Lake Reserv Manage. 36:205-209. Paleolimnology uses information preserved in lake, river, and wetland sediments to understand past environmental conditions. Paleolimnologists access and analyze records...

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Published in:Lake and reservoir management 2020-07, Vol.36 (3), p.205-209
Main Authors: Paterson, Andrew M., Köster, Dörte, Reavie, Euan D., Whitmore, Thomas J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Environmental changes
Environmental conditions
Environmental impact
Environmental management
Environmental stress
eutrophication
Fluvial sediments
Human influences
Lake management
Lake sediments
Lakes
long-term data
multiproxy
Palaeolimnology
Paleolimnology
Sediments
stressors
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Summary:Paterson AM, Köster D, Reavie ED, Whitmore TJ. 2020. Preface: paleolimnology and lake management. Lake Reserv Manage. 36:205-209. Paleolimnology uses information preserved in lake, river, and wetland sediments to understand past environmental conditions. Paleolimnologists access and analyze records of environmental change that have been temporally and spatially integrated over decades to centuries. These data provide a powerful complement to monitoring programs or shorter term studies that are unable to evaluate predisturbance conditions. The present-day environment is a product of the natural geologic setting and past human influences, and environmental stressors affect lakes over long time periods. Consequently, lake managers have recognized the value of paleolimnology for assessing long-term impacts from environmental stressors, and for establishing management baselines or reference conditions. This special issue on paleolimnology and lake management explores 7 examples from lakes across North America that show the value of paleolimnology in providing a long-term perspective on environmental change.
ISSN:1040-2381
2151-5530
DOI:10.1080/10402381.2020.1805998