We announce the establishment of a new listservice entitled the
 
                      Paleolimnology Forum
 
(PALEOLIM) that will be supported at the University of Florida's
Northeast Regional Data Center.  Paleolimnological research
requires the collaboration of investigators from diverse academic
disciplines.  Our purpose for establishing a new listservice is to
facilitate the exchange of information across disciplinary lines.
The PALEOLIM listservice will encourage open discussion on all
aspects of paleolimnology, including:
 
-radioisotopic dating methods, models, and applications
-historic changes in nutrient loading, eutrophication, and
   biogeochemical cycles
-stable isotope and trace metal studies in paleolimnology
-climatic reconstruction, paleohydrology, salinity, and
   lake-level changes
-human influence on erosion in watersheds and sedimentation rates
-lake acidification studies
-biological indicators (e.g. spores, pollen, chrysophytes, diatoms,
   microinvertebrates, pigments, spicules, macrophyte remains,
   biogenic silica) of past environmental conditions
-dating sediment cores by amino-acid racemization
-paleolimnology and historic wetland delineation
-utility of paleolimnological studies to lake and watershed
   management programs.
 
Contributions to the Paleolimnology Forum will be archived monthly,
and can be retrieved from the listserv facility.  Subscriptions are
available on a self-enrolling basis.  To subscribe, send an e-mail
message to:
 
               LISTSERV@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU
 
Leave the subject line blank, and include this one-line message in
the body:
               SUBSCRIBE PALEOLIM firstname lastname
 
where "firstname lastname" are your first and last names.
Please send questions or comments to:
 
Tom Whitmore
whitmor@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
 
We look forward to your participation in the PALEOLIM discussion group.