?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Using+novel+palaeolimnological+techniques+to+define+lake+conservation+objectives+(Phase+2)&rft.creator=Bennion%2C+H&rft.creator=Rawcliffe%2C+R&rft.creator=Burgess%2C+A&rft.creator=Davidson%2C+T&rft.creator=Sayer%2C+C&rft.creator=Rose%2C+N&rft.description=This+is+the+final+report+to+Natural+England+on+Contract+No%3A+SAE03%2F02%2F054+%E2%80%98Using%0D%0Anovel+palaeolimnological+techniques+to+define+lake+conservation+objectives%3A+Phase+2%E2%80%99.%0D%0AThe+primary+objective+of+this+project+is+to+use+existing+and+recently+developed%0D%0Apalaeoecological+techniques+to+define+reference+conditions+and+assess+the+condition%0D%0Aof+selected+SSSIs+in+England%2C+and+thereby+to+assist+in+the+setting+of+conservation%0D%0Aobjectives+and+management+goals.+The+project+is+divided+into+four+main+tasks.+Task+1%0D%0Ainvolved+the+collection%2C+processing+and+dating+of+cores+from+the+study+sites+and+was%0D%0Areported+in+Phase+1+(Bennion+et+al.%2C+2008a).+Here%2C+in+Phase+2%2C+we+describe+the%0D%0Aresults+of+Tasks+2+and+3+which+involve+macrofossil+analyses+of+cores+from+five+sites%3A%0D%0AAqualate+Mere%2C+Over+Water%2C+Hornsea+Mere%2C+Cunswick+Tarn+and+Sunbiggin+Tarn.+For%0D%0Athe+latter+two+marl+lakes%2C+a+new+method+for+identifying+the+charophyte+oospores+was%0D%0Aapplied.+For+Over+Water%2C+diatom+analysis+was+also+conducted+and+a+diatomphosphorus+transfer+function+was+applied+to+assess+changes+in+water+quality.&rft.publisher=UCL+Environmental+Change+Research+Centre&rft.date=2009-03&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(ECRC+Research+Report++135++).+UCL+Environmental+Change+Research+Centre%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10113462%2F1%2Fecrc_report_135_Bennion_2009.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10113462%2F&rft.rights=open