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Tracking environmental change using lake sediments; Volume 5: data handling and numerical techniques (2012)

Birks, Harry John Betteley [HerausgeberIn] ; Lotter, André F. [HerausgeberIn] ; Juggins, Steve [HerausgeberIn] ; [et al.]

Dordrecht : Springer

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Call number: AWI G5-12-0041

In: Tracking environmental change using lake sediments, Volume 5

In: Developments in paleoenvironmental research, Volume 5

Type of Medium: Monograph available for loan

Pages: XVIII, 745 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 9789400727441 , 978-94-007-2744-1

Series Statement: Developments in paleoenvironmental research 5

URL: http://extras.springer.com/2012/978-94-007-2744-1

URL: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/result_katan.pl?item=bsz357070291inh.htm

Language: English

Note: Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION, NUMERICAL OVERVIEW, AND DATA-SETS. - 1 The march towards the quantitative analysis of palaeolimnological data. - 2 Overview of numerical metods in Palaeolimnology. - 3 Data-Sets. - PART II NUMERICAL METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MODERN AND STRATIGRAPHICAL PALAEOLIMNOLOGICAL DATA. - 4 Introduction and overview Part II. - 5 Exploratory data analysis and data display. - Assessment of uncertainities associated with Palaeolimnological laboratory methods and microfossil analysis. - 7 Clustering and partitioning. - 8 From Classical to canonical ordination. - 9 Statistical learning in Palaeolimnology. - PART III NUMERICAL METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF STRATIGRAPHICAL PALAEOLIMNOLOGICAL DATA. - 10 Introduction and overview of Part III. - 11 Analysis of stratigraphical data. - 12 Estimation of age-depth relationships. - 13 Core correlation. - 14 Quantitative environmental reconstructions from biological data. - 15 Analogue methods in Palaeolimnology. - 16 Autocorrelogram and Periodogram analysis of palaeolimnological temporal-series from lakes in Central and Western North America to assess shifts in drought conditions. - PART IV CASE STUDIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTITATIVE PALAEOLIMNOLOGY. - 17 Introduction and overview of Part IV. - 18 Limnological responses to environmental changes at Inter-annual to decadal time-scales. - 19 Human impacts: applications of numerical methods to evaluate surface-water acidification and eutrophication. - 20 Tracking Holocene climatic change with aquatic biota from lake sediments: case studies of commonly used numerical techniques. - 21 Conclusions and future challenges. - Glossary. - Index.

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Numerical Methods in Quaternary Pollen Analysis (1985)

Birks, Harry John Betteley [VerfasserIn] ; Gordon, A. G. [VerfasserIn]

London : Academic Press

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Call number: AWI Bio-00-0174

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Pages: 317 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 0121012506

URL: http://scans.hebis.de/23/21/75/23217507_toc.pdf

Language: English

Note: Contents Preface 1 The Nature of Quaternary Pollen Analytical Data 1.1 Pollen Analysis as a Quaternary Palaeoecological Technique 1.2 Types of Quaternary Pollen Analytical Data 1.3 Methods of Presenting Quaternary Pollen Analytical Data 1.4 The Data Used 2 Basic Statistical Concepts 2.1 The Rôle of Statistics in Pollen Analysis 2.2 Description of the Binomial and Multinomial Distributions 2.3 The Binomial and Multinomial Distributions in Palynology 2.4 Further Statistical Examples in Quaternary Palynology 2.5 Exploratory Data Analysis and Classification 2.6 The Measurement of Dissimilarity 3 The Analysis of Pollen Stratigraphical Data: Zonation 3.1 The Concept of the Pollen Zone 3.2 Numerical Approaches to Pollen Zonation 3.3 The Constrained Single Link Method 3.4 Binary Divisive Procedures 3.5 Dynamic Programming Algorithm 3.6 The Variable Barriers Approach 3.7 Examples of Numerical Zonations 3.8 Advantages and Limitations of Numerical Zonations 4 The Analysis of Pollen Stratigraphical Data: Comparison of Sequences 4.1 Rationale of Comparing Pollen Sequences 4.2 Numerical Approaches to Comparing Stratigraphical Sequences 4.3 Comparison of Sequences in the Absence of Stratigraphical Constraints: Zone-By-Zone Comparisons 4.4 Comparison of Sequences in the Absence of Stratigraphical Constraints: Classification Methods 4.5 Comparison of Sequences by Slotting 4.6 Numerical Comparisons of Abernethy Forest 4.7 Other Examples of Numerical Comparisons 4.8 Properties of the Numerical Methods of Comparison 5 The Analysis of Modern Pollen Data 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Numerical Approaches to the Analysis of Modern Pollen Data 5.3 Presentation and Comparison of Modern Pollen Spectra from Different Vegetation Types 5.4 Modelling Modern Pollen-Vegetation Relationships 6 The Interpretation of Pollen Stratigraphical Data 6.1 Quantitative Approaches to Interpretation 6.2 Sequence-Splitting, Curve-Fitting, and Time Series-Analysis 6.3 The Use of Pollen-Representation Factors 6.4 Comparing Modern and Fossil Pollen Spectra 6.5 Recurrent Groups 6.6 Environmental Reconstructions Appendix: The Program ZONATION References Index

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Tracking environmental change using lake sediments; Volume 4: Zoological indicators (2001)

Smol, John P. [HerausgeberIn] ; Birks, Harry John Betteley [HerausgeberIn] ; Last, William M. [HerausgeberIn]

Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Call number: AWI G5-02-0132-4

In: Tracking environmental change using lake sediments, Volume 4

In: Developments in paleoenvironmental research, Volume 4

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Pages: XXI, 217 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 1402006586

Series Statement: Tracking Environmental Change using Lake Sediments 4

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Note: CONTENTS Preface The Editors Aims & Scope of Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Book Series Editors and Board of Advisors of Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Book Series Contents of Volumes 1 to 4 Safety Considerations and Caution List of Contributors 1. Zoological indicators in lake sediments: an introduction / John P. Smol, H. John B. Birks & William M. Last References 2. Cladocera and other branchiopod crustaceans / A. Korhola & M. Rautio Introduction Cladocera Other crustacean branchiopods Summary Acknowledgements References 3. Midges: Chironomidae and related Diptera / I. R. Walker Introduction Overview of life cycles and ecology Methods Indicator potential Future directions Summary Acknowledgments References 4. Coleoptera and Trichoptera / S. A. Elias Introduction Sampling of insect fossils Extraction of insect fossils from sediment Specimen identification Paleoenvironmental interpretation Paleotemperature reconstructions Summary References 5. Oribatid mites / T. Solhøy Introduction Brief history Outline of methods Indicator potential Summary Acknowledgements Appendix I References 6. Bryozoan statoblasts / D. R. Francis Introduction Methods Statoblasts in sedimentary records Indicator potential Conclusions and future directions Summary Acknowledgments References 7. Ostracoda / J. A. Holmes Introduction Biology and taxonomy Ecology Ecological, palaeoecological and geochemical techniques Future directions Summary Acknowledgements References 8. Freshwater molluscs / B. B. Miller & M. J. S. Tevesz Introduction Field methods Laboratory methods Data interpretation Geochemical approaches Summary Acknowledgments References 9. Fish / W. P. Patterson & G. R. Smith Introduction Establishing the stratigraphic framework Geomorphology and paleohydrology Otoliths Summary References Glossary, Acronyms and Abbreviations Index

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