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Global change revealed by palaeolimnological records from remote lakes: a review |
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| Authors: | Jordi Catalan Sergi Pla-Rabés Alexander P. Wolfe John P. Smol Kathleen M. Rühland N. John Anderson Jiři Kopáček Evžen Stuchlík Roland Schmidt Karin A. Koinig Lluís Camarero Roger J. Flower Oliver Heiri Christian Kamenik Atte Korhola Peter R. Leavitt Roland Psenner Ingemar Renberg |
| Affiliation: | 1. CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain 2. CSIC-CEAB, Biogeodynamics and Biodiversity group, Accès Cala St Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes, Catalonia, Spain 3. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada 4. Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada 5. Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE12 7NQ, UK 6. Biology Centre ASCR, Institute of Hydrobiology, Na Sádkách 7, 37005, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic 7. Faculty of Science, Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Hydrobiological station, 38801, Blatná, Czech Republic 8. Institute for Limnology, pr. Herzog-Odilo- Stra?e 101, 5310, Mondsee, Austria 9. Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria 10. Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 11. Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland 12. Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Erlachstrasse 9a, Building 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland 13. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, (Viikinkari 1), 00014, Helsinki, Finland 14. Limnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada 15. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Ume? University, 901 87, Umea, Sweden |
| Abstract: | Over recent decades, palaeolimnological records from remote sites have provided convincing evidence for the onset and development of several facets of global environmental change. Remote lakes, defined here as those occurring in high latitude or high altitude regions, have the advantage of not being overprinted by local anthropogenic processes. As such, many of these sites record broad-scale environmental changes, frequently driven by regime shifts in the Earth system. Here, we review a selection of studies from North America and Europe and discuss their broader implications. The history of investigation has evolved synchronously with the scope and awareness of environmental problems. An initial focus on acid deposition switched to metal and other types of pollutants, then climate change and eventually to atmospheric deposition-fertilising effects. However, none of these topics is independent of the other, and all of them affect ecosystem function and biodiversity in profound ways. Currently, remote lake palaeolimnology is developing unique datasets for each region investigated that benchmark current trends with respect to past, purely natural variability in lake systems. Fostering conceptual and methodological bridges with other environmental disciplines will upturn contribution of remote lake palaeolimnology in solving existing and emerging questions in global change science and planetary stewardship. |
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