Biological conservation and environmental management are increasingly focussing on the
preservation and restoration of ecosystem services (ie the benefits that humans receive from …

Advances in Quaternary Entomology addresses the science of fossil insects by
demonstrating their immense contribution to our knowledge of the paleoenvironmental and …

Increased fine sediment deposition and entrainment in rivers can arise from a combination
of factors including low flows, habitat modification and excessive sediment delivery from the …

Methods are needed to relate changing river flows to ecological response, particularly those
which do not require collection of extensive new data for river segments that lack historical …

Human impacts on lakes can lead to nutrient release, increased algal productivity and
consequently low oxygen concentrations in deepwater environments. Here we report the …

Palaeolimnology and contemporary ecology are complementary disciplines but are rarely
combined. By reviewing the literature and using a case study, we show how linking the …

There is a need to relate changing river flows to ecological response, particularly using
methods which do not require extensive new data for water bodies without historical data …

Historical trends in hydrology, geomorphology, and floodplain vegetation provide
fundamental contexts for designing future management of large rivers, an area of fluvial …

River restoration practices are being increasingly implemented to help offset the global
degradation of freshwater ecosystems. The ecological success of such projects is typically …

This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the
Quaternary evolution of the River Trent. It provides detailed descriptions of the Pleistocene …