| Citation | Professor Battarbee has made outstanding contributions to the reconstruction of eco-historical changes from associated biological and chemical records in dated lake sediments. He has developed the use of diatom microfossils as a principal tool and pioneered the application of several techniques (e.g. transfer functions, dating by 210Pb) now in common use. He has built up a research group of world renown in the analysis of long-term trends associated with atmospheric acid deposition, nutrient enrichment and climate change. Its success stems from the imaginative use of multiple approaches at geographically widespread sites, and Battarbee's exceptional ability to synthesize the evidence obtained. |