First human impacts and responses of aquatic systems: A review of palaeolimnological records from around the world

N Dubois, É Saulnier-Talbot, K Mills… - The Anthropocene …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lake sediments constitute natural archives of past environmental changes. Historically,
research has focused mainly on generating regional climate records, but records of human …

Deciphering long‐term records of natural variability and human impact as recorded in lake sediments: a palaeolimnological puzzle

K Mills, D Schillereff, É Saulnier‐Talbot… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Global aquatic ecosystems are under increasing threat from anthropogenic activity, as well
as being exposed to past (and projected) climate change, however, the nature of how …

Carbon stocks, sequestration, and emissions of wetlands in south eastern Australia

PE Carnell, SM Windecker, M Brenker… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nontidal wetlands are estimated to contribute significantly to the soil carbon pool across the
globe. However, our understanding of the occurrence and variability of carbon storage …

History, hydrology and hydraulics: Rethinking the ecological management of large rivers

M Mallen‐Cooper, BP Zampatti - Ecohydrology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic extremes capture imaginations and provide a fundamental premise for biologists—
that ecosystems are adapted to natural variability. Hence, understanding past extremes …

Anthropocene geomorphic change. Climate or human activities?

A Cendrero, LM Forte, J Remondo… - Earth's …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An analysis of the evolution of sedimentation rates and disasters caused by surface geologic
processes during the last century, at a global scale, is presented. Results show that …

Using long-term data to inform a decision pathway for restoration of ecosystem resilience

L Gillson, C Dirk, P Gell - Anthropocene, 2021 - Elsevier
Landscapes change over time in response to multiple interacting drivers, including climate,
disturbance, and land-use, which all leave a lasting legacy on ecosystem structure and …

The Volta Grande do Xingu: reconstruction of past environments and forecasting of future scenarios of a unique Amazonian fluvial landscape

AO Sawakuchi, GA Hartmann, HO Sawakuchi… - Scientific …, 2015 - sd.copernicus.org
The Xingu River is a large clearwater river in eastern Amazonia and its downstream sector,
known as the Volta Grande do Xingu (“Xingu Great Bend”), is a unique fluvial landscape that …

Management pathways for the floodplain wetlands of the southern Murray–Darling Basin: Lessons from history

PA Gell, MA Reid, RL Wilby - River Research and Applications, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The condition of floodplain wetlands of the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) reflects the
combined effects of climate variability, river regulation, vegetation clearance, and the …

Role of palaeoecology in describing the ecological character of wetlands

CM Finlayson, SJ Clarke, NC Davidson… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
While it is acknowledged that changes in the condition of a wetland can be detected through
contemporary monitoring programs, this paper explores the extent to which …

Using lake sediments to assess the long-term impacts of anthropogenic activity in tropical river deltas

RE Walton, HL Moorhouse, LR Roberts… - The Anthropocene …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Tropical river deltas, and the social-ecological systems they sustain, are changing rapidly
due to anthropogenic activity and climatic change. Baseline data to inform sustainable …