Books in the Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research series

In addition, coverage also examines practical aspects of core scanner usage, data optimisation and data calibration and interpretation.In a little over a decade, micro-XRF sediment core scanners have made a substantive contribution to palaeoenvironmental research.

Deals with the major terrestrial, algal, and siliceous indicators used in paleolimnology. This title is of interest to seasoned practitioners as well as newcomers to the area of paleolimnology.

Volume 2 (Last & Smol, 2001b) focused on physical and chemical methods. This current volume focuses on zoological indicators preserved in lake sediments, whilst Volume 3 focused on terrestrial, algal, and siliceous indicators.

Numerical and statistical methods have rapidly become part of a palaeolimnologist's tool-kit. They are used to explore and summarise complex data, reconstruct past environmental variables from fossil assemblages, and test competing hypotheses about the causes of observed changes in lake biota through history.

This is followed by a series of chapters dealing with the diverse archives and methodologies available for long-term studies of environmental pollution, such as the use of sediments, ice cores, sclerochronology, and museum specimens.

The aim of this edited volume is to introduce the scientific community to paleoenvironmental studies of estuaries, to highlight the types of information that can be obtained from such studies, and to promote the use of paleoenvironmental studies in estuarine management.

In addition, coverage also examines practical aspects of core scanner usage, data optimisation and data calibration and interpretation.In a little over a decade, micro-XRF sediment core scanners have made a substantive contribution to palaeoenvironmental research.

The aim of this edited volume is to introduce the scientific community to paleoenvironmental studies of estuaries, to highlight the types of information that can be obtained from such studies, and to promote the use of paleoenvironmental studies in estuarine management.