Paleolimnology of African lakes: Beyond the exploration phase

The International Decade of East African Lakes (IDEAL) drilling initiative for the african great lakes

The Great Lakes of East Africa are one of the most exciting targets for obtaining long core records on Earth. Since their early exploration by 19 century naturalists their unique geological and biological attributes have been objects of curiosity for scientists from a wide range of disciplines. Since early in the 20 century it has also been evident that an extremely long and detailed history of...

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleolimnology of Two Mountain Lakes in Western Tasmania

High-resolution paleolimnology opens new management perspectives for lakes adaptation to climate warming

Citation: Perga M-E, Frossard V, Jenny J-P, Alric B, Arnaud F, Berthon V, Black JL, Domaizon I, Giguet-Covex C, Kirkham A, Magny M, Manca M, Marchetto A, Millet L, Paillès C, Pignol C, Poulenard J, Reyss J-L, Rimet F, Sabatier P, Savichtcheva O, Sylvestre F and Verneaux V (2015) High-resolution paleolimnology opens new management perspectives for lakes adaptation to climate warming. Front. Ecol...

Recent changes in production in oligotrophic Uinta Mountain lakes, Utah, identified using paleolimnology

We use multiple proxies from lake sediment records of six remote alpine lakes in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, to investigate primary production and potential drivers of changes in trophic status over the last two centuries. Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll a flux, and percentage of organic matter (determined by loss on ignition) increase beginning in the mid-20th century in five of the six alpine study...

Isotopic paleolimnology of Lake Kinneret

The carbonate, organic C, and N contents and their respective d13C were measured in four cores from Lake Kinneret, Israel. Using these data and the isotopic difference between coexisting carbonate and organic C, Dd13C, we attempted to reconstruct the lake’s productivity and regional climatic conditions during the late Holocene. The sedimentary record of the last 120 yr (for which climatological...