Sampling of Limnology Publications
Francus, P. (editor), 2004. Image Analysis, Sediments, and Paleoenvironments. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol. 7. Springer, Dordrecht, 330p.
Book Description: This seventh volume of the DPER series examines imaging techniques for sedimentologists, paleolimnologists, paleoceanographers and microscopists working on issues related to
paleoenvironmental reconstruction. It will help the researcher or graduate student to understand every step involved in the imaging process, from image acquisition to measurements.
Procedures are described to ensure that the right protocols and methodology are selected to solve a particular issue, and to evaluate the validity of scientific results. Case studies
illustrate the wide range of information that can be obtained from many kinds of sediments (marine, lacustrine and aeolian) and different types of samples (cores, embedded blocks,
microscopic slides) using different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (visible, UV, IR, X-ray). The volume provides comprehensive protocols, guidelines, and recommendations
for the use of low cost image analysis techniques, to facilitate intercomparisons of measurements.
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Battarbee, R.W., Gasse, F., and Stickley, C.E. (editors), 2004. Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol. 6. Springer, Dordrecht, 638p.
Book Description: This book provides a major synthesis of evidence for past climate variability at the regional and continental scale across Europe and Africa.
It focuses on two complementary time-scales, the Holocene (approximately the last 11,500 years) and the last glacial-interglacial cycle (approximately the last 130,000 years).
An overview of the climate system of the past has never been attempted before on this scale, and, as such, the volume represents a benchmark for future research.
It is written by an expert group of climate change scientists and presents an insight into past climate variability that challenges climatologists who seek to explain climate dynamics of the past and provides climate
modellers with a work of reference for data-model comparison. The book is an advanced but very readable text essential for all students and scientists interested in global environmental change.
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Leng, M.J. (editor), 2006. Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol. 10. Springer, Dordrecht, 307p.
Book Description: This 10th volume in the DPER series is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment. There are chapters on the interpretation of isotopes in water,
tree rings, bones and teeth, lake sediments, speleothems and marine sediments. Isotopes can be extremely powerful palaeoenvironmental tools, however, as with all archives it is desirable to
carry out a calibration exercise to investigate the basic systematics of isotope variation in the modern environment to establish the relationship between the measured signal and the isotope composition
of the host. A robust calibration is seldom easy so isotope methods should be used in conjunction with a multi-proxy approach, using isotope signals from different materials or combined with other
palaeoenvironmental techniques. This book is advanced but aimed at both students and scientists who are interested in environmental change.
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Pienitz, R., Douglas, M.S.V., and Smol, J.P. (editors), 2004. Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol. 8. Springer, Dordrecht, 562p.
Book Description: Concerns about the effects of global climate change have focused attention on the vulnerability of circumpolar regions. Long-term historical data are needed to better understand the
magnitude and direction of environmental change related to both natural and anthropogenic causes, as well as to assess patterns of natural variability. The paucity of instrumental data
requires that proxy methods be used. The abundance of lakes throughout the Arctic and Antarctic makes paleolimnological approaches especially powerful tools to assist interpretations of
environmental change. This book provides a synthesis of the broad spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes. It also provides
overviews of the geographic extent of paleolimnological work completed thus far in these regions. It explores the diverse ways in which paleolimnology is used to address the pressing and
emerging environmental issues of high-latitude regions. By providing both an introduction and in-depth reviews, this volume is of interest to students and advanced researchers alike who are
studying earth, atmospheric and environmental sciences.
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OSullivan, P.E. and Reynolds, C.S., (editors) 2004. The Lakes Handbook. Vol. 1 - Limnology and Limnetic Ecology. Blackwell Publ., Malden, MA, 699p.
Book Descriptions: Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to the management of lakes and reservoirs should be
based on a sound understanding of the application of the scientific and ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes.
The Lakes Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the application of ecologically sound approaches, methods and tools using experience gained around
the world for an understanding of lakes and their management. Volume One of the Handbook addresses the physical and biological aspects of lakes pertinent to lake management,
emphasising those aspects particularly relevant to large, still bodies of water. Volume Two then considers lake management, with particular emphasis on sustainability, restoration and
rehabilitation.
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OSullivan, P.E. and Reynolds, C.S., (editors) 2004. The Lakes Handbook. Vol. 2 -Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation. Blackwell Publ., Malden, MA, 560p.
Book Descriptions: Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to the management of lakes and reservoirs should be
based on a sound understanding of the application of the scientific and ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes.
The Lakes Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the application of ecologically sound approaches, methods and tools using experience gained around
the world for an understanding of lakes and their management. Volume One of the Handbook addresses the physical and biological aspects of lakes pertinent to lake management,
emphasising those aspects particularly relevant to large, still bodies of water. Volume Two then considers lake management, with particular emphasis on sustainability, restoration and
rehabilitation.
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