About this Research Topic
Lakes and wetlands are terrestrial archives that can record natural and human-induced changes in the environment, preserved in biological, sedimentological, and geochemical components of the sediment. The study of paleolimnology interprets inland aquatic sedimentary profiles and the information that is preserved within them. Their global occurrence and high accumulation rates allow developing the past environmental change history of sub-decadal to millennial scales. This provides a potential means for the investigation of the interactions between past climatic dynamic and anthropogenic activities at various time and spatial scales.
In this Research Topic, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution is looking to address key aspects of paleolimnological research in order to promote the discussion around this topic and to facilitate knowledge dissemination. We encourage submissions from all aspects of research dealing with lakes and wetlands records of climate change and anthropogenic impacts. Studies trying to pro-vide more evidence for better understanding of the global definition of the Anthropocene and to distinguish the natural and human induced changes are particularly welcomed.
We particularly welcome submission of Original Research, Review, Methods, and Perspective articles on the following sub-topics:
• Techniques for extracting, analysing and building chronologies of sediments of interest
• Comprehensive interpretation of multiple alternative indicators (physical, geochemical and biological)
• Migration and transformation of various chemical elements or pollutants in the sediments
• Historical reconstructions of the past climatic, environmental and ecological evolution throughout the Holocene
• The global definition of the Anthropocene and the decipher of human-climate interaction
• Deciphering past changes in aquatic biodiversity caused by climate change and human activities using sedimentary DNA
In this Research Topic, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution is looking to address key aspects of paleolimnological research in order to promote the discussion around this topic and to facilitate knowledge dissemination. We encourage submissions from all aspects of research dealing with lakes and wetlands records of climate change and anthropogenic impacts. Studies trying to pro-vide more evidence for better understanding of the global definition of the Anthropocene and to distinguish the natural and human induced changes are particularly welcomed.
We particularly welcome submission of Original Research, Review, Methods, and Perspective articles on the following sub-topics:
• Techniques for extracting, analysing and building chronologies of sediments of interest
• Comprehensive interpretation of multiple alternative indicators (physical, geochemical and biological)
• Migration and transformation of various chemical elements or pollutants in the sediments
• Historical reconstructions of the past climatic, environmental and ecological evolution throughout the Holocene
• The global definition of the Anthropocene and the decipher of human-climate interaction
• Deciphering past changes in aquatic biodiversity caused by climate change and human activities using sedimentary DNA
Keywords: paleolimnology, lake sediments
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
