Long-term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes - Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research 2004 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: From the reviews: "It is a detailed synthesis of rigorous palaeoenvironmental research in polar regions, and an overview showing the potential and limits of the different geological archives that can be examined to understand past and future climatic trends. this book provides an excellent reference for palaeolimnologists, and I highly recommend it as a must-have book for anyone interested in the climate change debate." Massimo Gasparon, Environmental Geology, Vol. 50 (3), 2006 "This book provides a synthesis of the broad spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes, in addition to providing 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" SIL News 50: June 2007Review Quotes: From the reviews: "It is a detailed synthesis of rigorous palaeoenvironmental research in polar regions, and an overview showing the potential and limits of the different geological archives that can be examined to understand past and future climatic trends. a ] this book provides an excellent reference for palaeolimnologists, and I highly recommend it as a a ~must-havea (TM) book for anyone interested in the climate change debate." Massimo Gasparon, Environmental Geology, Vol. 50 (3), 2006 "This book provides a synthesis of the broad spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes, in addition to providing 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" SIL News 50: June 2007Review Quotes: Aus den Rezensionen: " sehr umfangreich und hilfreich Alles in allem stellt das Werk eine sehr informative und wichtige Synthese nicht nur eines breiten Spektrums pal olimnologischer Methoden, sondern auch des aktuellen Stands pal olimnologischer Forschungen in der Arktis und Antarktis dar. Dadurch liegt nicht nur eine gelungene Einf hrung in die Thematik, sondern auch eine umfassende Zusammenfassung vor. Man kann es daher als exzellenten Einstieg in die Pal olimnologie hoher Breiten betrachten."(D. UHL, Pal kologie, in: Zentralblatt f r Geologie und Pal ontologie Teil II, 2006, Issue 3-4, S. 482 f.) Review Quotes: Aus den Rezensionen: " sehr umfangreich und hilfreich Alles in allem stellt das Werk eine sehr informative und wichtige Synthese nicht nur eines breiten Spektrums pal olimnologischer Methoden, sondern auch des aktuellen Stands pal olimnologischer Forschungen in der Arktis und Antarktis dar. Dadurch liegt nicht nur eine gelungene Einf hrung in die Thematik, sondern auch eine umfassende Zusammenfassung vor. Man kann es daher als exzellenten Einstieg in die Pal olimnologie hoher Breiten betrachten."(D. UHL, Pal kologie, in: Zentralblatt f r Geologie und Pal ontologie Teil II, 2006, Issue 3-4, S. 482 f.) Table of Contents: 1. Paleolimnological research in polar regions: An introduction. Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S. V. Douglas and John P. Smol 2. Geochronology of high latitude lake sediments. Alexander P. Wolfe, Gifford H. Miller, Carrie A. Olsen, Steven L. Forman, Peter T. Doran and Sofia U. Holmgren 3. Physical and chemical properties and proxies of high latitude lake sediments. Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert 4. Palynology of North American arctic lakes. Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald 5. Algal indicators of environmental change in arctic and antarctic lakes and ponds. Marianne S. V. Douglas, Paul B. Hamilton, Reinhard Pienitz and John P. Smol 6. Aquatic invertebrates and high latitude paleolimnology. Ole Bennike, Klaus P. Brodersen, Erik Jeppesen and Ian R. Walker 7. Use of water isotope tracers in high latitude hydrology and paleohydrology. Thomas W. D. Edwards, Brent B. Wolfe, John J. Gibson and Dan Hammarlund 8. Lake sediments as records of arctic and antarctic pollution. Derek C. G. Muir and Neil L. Rose 9. Paleolimnology of the middle and high Canadian Arctic. Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith 10. Paleolimnology of the North American Subarctic. Bruce P. Finney, Kathleen Ruhland, John P. Smol and Marie-Andree Fallu 11. Holocene paleolimnology of Greenland and the North Atlantic islands (north of 60 N). N. John Anderson, David B. Ryves, Marianne Grauert and Suzanne McGowan 12. Paleolimnological research from northern Russian Eurasia. Glen M. MacDonald, Thomas W. D. Edwards, Bruce Gervais, Tamsin E. Laing, Michael F. J. Pisaric, David F. Porinchu, Jeffrey A. Snyder, Nadia Solovieva, Pavel Tarasov and Brent B. Wolfe 13. Paleolimnological studies in arctic Fennoscandia and the Kola Peninsula (Russia). Atte Korhola and Jan Weckstrom 14. Paleolimnological studies from the Antarctic and subantarctic islands. Dominic A. Hodgson, Peter T. Doran, Donna Roberts and Andrew McMinn 15. Paleolimnology of extreme cold terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments. Peter T. Doran, John C. Priscu, W. Berry Lyons, Ross D. Powell, Dale T. Andersen and Robert J. Poreda 16. Epilogue: Paleolimnological research from arctic and antarctic regions. Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S. V. Douglas and John P. Smol"Review Quotes: From the reviews: "It is a detailed synthesis of rigorous palaeoenvironmental research in polar regions, and an overview showing the potential and limits of the different geological archives that can be examined to understand past and future climatic trends. this book provides an excellent reference for palaeolimnologists, and I highly recommend it as a must-have book for anyone interested in the climate change debate." Massimo Gasparon, Environmental Geology, Vol. 50 (3), 2006 "This book provides a synthesis of the broad spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes, in addition to providing 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" SIL News 50: June 2007"Publisher Marketing: Provides a synthesis of the techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes. This book provides overviews of the geographic extent of paleolimnological work in these regions. It explores the diverse ways in which paleolimnology is used to address the pressing environmental issues of high-latitude regions.

Contributor Bio:  Smol, John P John P. Smol co-heads the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory (PEARL) at Queen's University, Ontario, where he is Professor in the Department of Biology. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Paleolimnology.