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Modern and Ancient Sediments—Data Base for Management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Their Catchments

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Sedimentary studies of aquatic ecosystems provide valuable information that can be used to guide management of waterbodies and their catchments. Chemical data obtained from ancient and modern sediments of Hidden Lake, a perched, freshwater, dystrophic lake on Fraser Island, south-east Queensland, illustrate the way in which sedimentary data can be used to investigate the functioning and development of the system, and how such information can contribute to the formulation of improved management practices.

Studies of the sediment column and of modern sedimentary processes complement, and should be integrated more fully into, the standard limnological monitoring programs.

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  1. Department of Biogeography and Geomorphology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, G.P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T., 2601, Australia

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Longmore, M.E. (1986). Modern and Ancient Sediments—Data Base for Management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Their Catchments. 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_32

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