Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Using Biology to Study Long-Term Environmental Change

   • John P. Smol, H. John B. Birks, William M. Last

   Pages 1-3

3. Pollen

   • K. D. Bennett, K. J. Willis

   Pages 5-32

4. Conifer Stomata

   • Glen M. Macdonald

   Pages 33-47

5. Plant Macrofossils

   • Hilary H. Birks

   Pages 49-74

6. Charcoal as a Fire Proxy

   • Cathy Whitlock, Chris Larsen

   Pages 75-97

7. Non-Pollen Palynomorphs

   • Bas Van Geel

   Pages 99-119

8. Protozoa: Testate Amoebae

   • Louis Beyens, Ralf Meisterfeld

   Pages 121-153

9. Diatoms

   • Richard W. Battarbee, Vivienne J. Jones, Roger J. Flower, Nigel G. Cameron, Helen Bennion, Laurence Carvalho et al.

   Pages 155-202

10. Chrysophyte Scales and Cysts

    • Barbara A. Zeeb, John P. Smol

    Pages 203-223

11. Ebridians

    • Atte Korhola, John P. Smol

    Pages 225-234

12. Phytoliths

    • Dolores R. Piperno

    Pages 235-251

13. Freshwater Sponges

    • Thomas M. Frost

    Pages 253-263

14. Siliceous Protozoan Plates and Scales

    • Marianne S. V. Douglas, John P. Smol

    Pages 265-279

15. Biogenic Silica

    • Daniel J. Conley, Claire L. Schelske

    Pages 281-293

16. Sedimentary Pigments

    • Peter R. Leavitt, Dominic A. Hodgson

    Pages 295-325

17. Back Matter

    Pages 327-371

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• Sediment
• biology
• fluvial
• lacustrine
• paleolimnology
• hydrogeology
• Biological Microscopy

"Volume 3 will be of particular interest to paleolimnologists approaching the subject from the biological or limnological standpoint; some of the most important indicators used by paleolimnologists including pollen analysis, plant macrofossils, charcoal, diatoms, chrysophytes, phytoliths, biogenic silica and pigments. These chapters will become essential citations in the methods sections of future papers."
(Philip Barker, Dept. of Geography, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Lancaster University, UK in Journal of Paleolimnology, 30:4)

• Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

  John P. Smol

• Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  H. John B. Birks

• Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada

  William M. Last

• Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  Raymond S. Bradley

• Science Officer IGBP-PAGES International Project Office, Bern, Switzerland

  Keith Alverson

John P. Smol is a professor in the Biology Department at Queen's University (Canada), with a cross-appointment at the School of Environmental Studies. He co-directs the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL). Professor Smol is co-editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology and holds the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change. William M. Last is a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at University of Manitoba (Canada) and is co-editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology.

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