The realization that a historical perspective is often useful, if not essential, to the understanding of most limnological processes has resulted in the recent surge of interest in paleolimnology. The main aim of the Journal of Paleolimnology is the provision of a vehicle for the rapid dissemination of original scientific work dealing with the reconstruction of lake histories. Although the majority of papers deal with lakes, paleoenvironmental studies of river, wetland, peatland and estuary systems are also eligible for publication.

The Journal of Paleolimnology, like the subject itself, is multidisciplinary in nature, and papers are published that are concerned with all aspects (e.g. biological, chemical, physical, geological, etc.) of the reconstruction and interpretation of lake histories. Both applied and more theoretical papers are equally encouraged. The Journal of Paleolimnology will continue to be a major repository for papers dealing with climatic change, as well as other pressing topics, such as global environmental change, lake acidification, eutrophication, long-term monitoring, and other aspects of lake ontogeny. Taxonomic and methodological papers are also acceptable provided they are of relatively broad interest. New equipment designs are frequently featured. In addition to original data and ideas, the Journal of Paleolimnology also publishes review articles, commentaries and program announcements. A relevant Book Review Section is also featured.

The Journal of Paleolimnology is published eight times per year by Springer

Editors-in-Chief:
Mark Brenner
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Florida
Gainesville
Florida 32611, USA
E-mail: brenner@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-7226
Thomas J. Whitmore
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 Seventh Avenue South
33701-5016 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
E-mail: whitmore@mail.usf.edu
Phone:(727) 873-4971
Managing Editor:
Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA. E-mail: mariedin@mail.usf.edu
Founding and Advisory Editor:
John P. Smol, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Associate Editors:
Helen Bennion, Department of Geography, University College London, UK
Guangjie Chen, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Jaime Humberto Escobar, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
Ana Carolina Ruiz Fernandez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mazatlán, México 
Irene Gregory-Eaves, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Binhe Gu, Watershed Management/Everglades Division, South Florida Water Management, Florida, USA 
Oliver Heiri, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland
Andrea Lami, CNR-Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi (ISE), Italy
Melanie Leng, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
Neal Michelutti, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Steffen Mischke, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland 
Euan D. Reavie, Center for Water and the Environment, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA
Maria Isabel Velez, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Jesse Vermaire, Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Cheng Zhao, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS, China
Book Review Editor:
Andrew Henderson, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. E-mail: Andrew.Henderson@aber.ac.uk
Board of Advisors:
N. John Anderson, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, UK
Daniel Ariztegui, Institute F. A. Forel & Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Hilary Birks, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway 
H. John B. Birks, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway 
Raymond S. Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, USA
Richard Brugam, Department of Biology, Illinois University, USA 
Andrew S. Cohen, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA
Patrick De Deckker, Department of Geology, The Australian National University, Australia
J. A. Dearing, School of Geography, University of Southampton, UK
Sheri Fritz, Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, USA
Yongsong Huang, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, USA
Viv Jones, Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, UK
Atte Korhola, Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki, Finland
Frank Oldfield, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, UK
William P. Patterson, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Ingemar Renberg, Department for Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden
Peter Siver, Department of Botany, Connecticut College, USA
Ian Walker, Department of Biology, Okanagan University College, British Columbia, Canada