Abstract Paterson AM, Köster D, Reavie ED, Whitmore TJ. 2020. Preface: paleolimnology and lake management. Lake Reserv Manage. 36:205–209. Paleolimnology uses information preserved in lake, river, and wetland sediments to understand past environmental conditions. Paleolimnologists access and analyze records of environmental change that have been temporally and spatially integrated over decades to centuries. These data provide a powerful complement to monitoring programs or shorter term studies that are unable to evaluate predisturbance conditions. The present-day environment is a product of the natural geologic setting and past human influences, and environmental stressors affect lakes over long time periods. Consequently, lake managers have recognized the value of paleolimnology for assessing long-term impacts from environmental stressors, and for establishing management baselines or reference conditions. This special issue on paleolimnology and lake management explores 7 examples from lakes across North America that show the value of paleolimnology in providing a long-term perspective on environmental change.

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前言：古湖泊学和湖泊管理

摘要 Paterson AM、Köster D、Reavie ED、Whitmore TJ。2020. 前言：古湖泊学和湖泊管理。湖泊保护区管理。36:205-209。古湖泊学使用保存在湖泊、河流和湿地沉积物中的信息来了解过去的环境条件。古湖泊学家访问和分析在时间和空间上整合了几十年到几个世纪的环境变化记录。这些数据为无法评估干扰前条件的监测计划或短期研究提供了有力的补充。当今的环境是自然地质环境和过去人类影响的产物，环境压力源会长期影响湖泊。因此，湖泊管理者已经认识到古湖泊学在评估环境压力源的长期影响方面的价值，以及建立管理基线或参考条件。这期关于古湖泊学和湖泊管理的特刊探讨了来自北美湖泊的 7 个例子，这些例子展示了古湖泊学在提供环境变化的长期视角方面的价值。