Palaeolimnology and lake acidification: a summary

Abstract

When plans for the realization of the Surface Water Acidification Project (SWAP) were initially discussed, I advocated the inclusion of a palaeolimnological programme. One reason for that was personal: as a palaeobotanist, I wanted to see what palaeolimnology could contribute to solving problems that were, in principle, very similar to questions dealt with in other palaeobotanical research, but on a completely different timescale; years and decades instead of centuries or millennia.