Quantitative reconstructions in palaeolimnology: new paradigm or sick science?

S Juggins - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Quantitative reconstructions from biological proxies have revolutionised palaeolimnology
but the methodology is not without problems. The most important of these result from …

Human‐induced marine ecological degradation: micropaleontological perspectives

M Yasuhara, G Hunt, D Breitburg… - Ecology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We analyzed published downcore microfossil records from 150 studies and reinterpreted
them from an ecological degradation perspective to address the following critical but still …

Quantitative environmental reconstructions from biological data

S Juggins, HJB Birks - … environmental change using lake sediments: Data …, 2012 - Springer
Quantitative reconstructions of past environmental conditions (eg, pH) are an important part
of palaeolimnology. Such reconstructions involve three steps:(1) the development of a …

Long‐term changes and impacts of hypoxia in Danish coastal waters

DJ Conley, J Carstensen, G Ærtebjerg… - Ecological …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A 38‐year record of bottom‐water dissolved oxygen concentrations in coastal marine
ecosystems around Denmark (1965–2003) and a longer, partially reconstructed record of …

Nutrient pressures and ecological responses to nutrient loading reductions in Danish streams, lakes and coastal waters

B Kronvang, E Jeppesen, DJ Conley, M Søndergaard… - Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
The Danish National Aquatic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (NOVA) was
launched in 1988 following the adoption of the first Danish Action Plan on the Aquatic …

Historical records of coastal eutrophication-induced hypoxia

AJ Gooday, F Jorissen, LA Levin, JJ Middelburg… - …, 2009 - bg.copernicus.org
Under certain conditions, sediment cores from coastal settings subject to hypoxia can yield
records of environmental changes over time scales ranging from decades to millennia …

Palaeoecology, reference conditions and classification of ecological status: the EU Water Framework Directive in practice

JH Andersen, DJ Conley, S Hedal - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2004 - Elsevier
The European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all Member States
within the European Union determine reference conditions for aquatic ecosystems to …

Eutrophication signals in the sedimentary record of dinoflagellate cysts in coastal waters

B Dale - Journal of Sea Research, 2009 - Elsevier
A brief review is presented of the current status of eutrophication signals from the
sedimentary records of dinoflagellate cysts in coastal waters, particularly of NW Europe …

The Baltic Sea a century ago—a reconstruction from model simulations, verified by observations

OP Savchuk, F Wulff, S Hille, C Humborg… - Journal of Marine …, 2008 - Elsevier
“Pre-industrial” trophic conditions in the Baltic Sea were simulated with SANBALTS (Simple
As Necessary BAltic Long-Term large Scale) model. External nutrient inputs to the major …

Defining past ecological status and in situ reference conditions using benthic foraminifera: a case study from the Oslofjord, Norway

JK Dolven, E Alve, B Rygg, J Magnusson - Ecological indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
Characterizing marine water bodies and defining ecological status, both present and past
(pre-impacted), has become an important task for EU's Member States and their associates …