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Predictions based on a few years’ monitoring of environmental changes are inadequate for management of land and water resources. Reservoir sediments provide a wealth of historical information at a resolution usually unobtainable from lake sediments and on time scales and over periods appropriate for management. Analyses of sediments are used to derive data about the physical environment, water chemistry and biological communities, both terrestrial and aquatic. In conjunction with studies of present-day ecology and environmental processes, the reconstruction of past events and trends from reservoir sediments offers the best hope of improving predictions and devising sound management strategies.
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Clark, R.L., Wasson, R.J. (1986). Reservoir Sediments. In: De Deckker, P., Williams, W.D. (eds) Limnology in Australia. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4820-4_31
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