Deciphering long‐term records of natural variability and human impact as recorded in lake sediments: a palaeolimnological puzzle

K Mills, D Schillereff, É Saulnier‐Talbot… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Global aquatic ecosystems are under increasing threat from anthropogenic activity, as well
as being exposed to past (and projected) climate change, however, the nature of how …

Ecological shift and resilience in China's lake systems during the last two centuries

K Zhang, X Dong, X Yang, G Kattel, Y Zhao… - Global and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The worldwide decline of wetland ecosystems calls for an urgent reassessment of their
current status from a resilience perspective. Understanding the trajectories of changes that …

Improvement of ecosystem quality in national key ecological function zones in China during 2000–2015

M Zhang, L Zhang, H He, X Ren, Y Lv, Q Chang… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving ecosystem quality is the ultimate goal of ecological restoration projects and
sustainable ecosystem management. However, previous results of ecosystem quality lack …

Human impacts and Anthropocene environmental change at Lake Kutubu, a Ramsar wetland in Papua New Guinea

KE Long, L Schneider, SE Connor… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The impacts of human-induced environmental change that characterize the Anthropocene
are not felt equally across the globe. In the tropics, the potential for the sudden collapse of …

Dual impacts of hydrology and damming on eutrophication: Comparison of two Ramsar wetlands in the middle Yangtze floodplain

L Zeng, S Engels, GEA Swann, X Chen, X Huang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dam construction for social-economic benefits has raised substantial biological and
ecological concerns. However, contrasting findings have been reported regarding the role of …

[PDF][PDF] 白洋淀近70 年生态环境演化过程及影响因素

毛欣, 刘林敬, 宋磊, 姜高磊, 李峻峰, 李长安 - 地球科学, 2021 - earth-science.net
基于白洋淀北部沉积岩心210Pb 和137Cs 测年, 重金属元素, 营养元素, 粒度和硅藻优势属种
分析, 结合水文, 气候以及保定市和安新县社会经济统计资料, 重建了白洋淀近70 …

Interactive effects of climate-atmospheric cycling on aquatic communities and ecosystem shifts in mountain lakes of southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Q Wang, R Wang, X Yang, NJ Anderson… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent climate warming and atmospheric reactive nitrogen (Nr) deposition are affecting a
broad spectrum of physical, ecological and human systems that may be irreversible on a …

Recent sedimentation rates of shallow lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River: patterns, controlling factors and implications for lake management

M Xu, X Dong, X Yang, X Chen, Q Zhang, Q Liu… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Significantly increased sedimentation rates (SRs) in lakes worldwide in recent decades due
to higher inputs of silt and eutrophication have led to significant environmental problems …

Confronting challenges of managing degraded lake ecosystems in the Anthropocene, exemplified from the Yangtze River Basin in China

K Zhang, X Yang, M Xu, Q Lin, G Kattel, J Shen - Anthropocene, 2018 - Elsevier
Freshwater lake ecosystems have supported livelihoods for millennia. Yet, most lakes
worldwide today are suffering severe degradation in response to anthropogenic pressures …

Eutrophication has a greater influence on floodplain lake carbon cycling than dam installation across the middle Yangtze region

L Zeng, S McGowan, GEA Swann, MJ Leng, X Chen - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon cycling in shallow floodplain lakes is complex due to variability in delivery of flood-
derived allochthonous organic matter (OM). Human activities have potential to significantly …