Long-term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes, Vol. 8 (Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research)

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. Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose -- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose -- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith -- Bruce P. Finney ... [et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose -- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith -- Bruce P. Finney ... [et al.] -- N. John Anderson ... [et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose -- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith -- Bruce P. Finney ... [et al.] -- N. John Anderson ... [et al.] -- Glen M. MacDonald ... et al.] Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose -- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith -- Bruce P. Finney ... [et al.] -- N. John Anderson ... [et al.] -- Glen M. MacDonald ... et al.] -- Atte Korhola and Jan Weckström Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.] -- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert -- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald -- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.] -- Ole Bennike ... [et al.] -- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.] -- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose -- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith -- Bruce P. Finney ... [et al.] -- N. John Anderson ... [et al.] -- Glen M. MacDonald ... et al.] -- Atte Korhola and Jan Weckström -- Peter T. Doran ... [et al.] -- Epilogue: Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol-- Alexander P. Wolfe ... [et al.]-- Scott F. Lamoureux and Robert Gilbert-- Konrad Gajewski and Glen M. MacDonald-- Marianne S.V. Douglas ... [et al.]-- Ole Bennike ... [et al.]-- Thomas W.D. Edwards ... [et al.]-- Derek C.G. Muir and Neil L. Rose-- Alexander P. Wolfe and I. Rod Smith-- Bruce P. Finney ... [et al.]-- N. John Anderson ... [et al.]-- Glen M. MacDonald ... et al.]-- Atte Korhola and Jan Weckström-- Peter T. Doran ... [et al.]-- Epilogue:-- Reinhard Pienitz, Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Paleolimnological research in polar regions: An introduction....Pages 1-17 Geochronology of high latitude lake sediments....Pages 19-52 Physical and chemical properties and proxies of high latitude lake sediments....Pages 53-87 Palynology of North American arctic lakes....Pages 89-116 Algal indicators of environmental change in arctic and antarctic lakes and ponds....Pages 117-157 Aquatic invertebrates and high latitude paleolimnology....Pages 159-186 Use of water isotope tracers in high latitude hydrology and paleohydrology....Pages 187-207 Lake sediments as records of arctic and antarctic pollution....Pages 209-239 Paleolimnology of the middle and high Canadian Arctic....Pages 241-268 Paleolimnology of the North American Subarctic....Pages 269-318 Holocene paleolimnology of Greenland and the North Atlantic islands (north of 60°N)....Pages 319-347 Paleolimnological research from northern Russian Eurasia....Pages 349-380 Paleolimnological studies in arctic Fennoscandia and the Kola Peninsula (Russia)....Pages 381-418 Paleolimnological studies from the Antarctic and subantarctic islands....Pages 419-474 Paleolimnology of extreme cold terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments....Pages 475-507 Epilogue: Paleolimnological research from arctic and antarctic regions....Pages 509-540 Back Matter....Pages 541-562 There is growing consensus that we have entered the "Anthropocene" (Crutzen 2002), a time period during which the major changes in the global biosphere are primarily the result of human actions and their impacts on the environment.