For effective lakes' management, high-frequent water quality data on a synoptic scale are
essential. The aim of this study is to test the suitability of the latest generation of satellite …

Here, we review the state-of-the-art of limnological investigations in the large and deep
lakes south of the Alps (DSLs), lakes Garda, Maggiore, Como, Iseo and Lugano. In the pre …

The monitoring of microplastics pollution in freshwater environments trails behind its practice
in marine ecosystems. We evaluated the use of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena …

Microplastic particles (MPs) contamination of aquatic environments has raised a growing
concern in recent decades because of their numerous potential toxicological effects …

The long-term research carried out since the 1970s in the deep perialpine Lake Garda
documented more than a threefold increase of total phosphorus (TP) in the whole water …

A first synoptic and trans-domain overview of plankton dynamics was conducted across the
aquatic sites belonging to the Italian Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LTER-Italy) …

Studies related to the evaluation of plastics in freshwaters have been increasing in recent
years because approximately 80% of plastic items found in the sea are from inland waters …

Determination of 20 PFASs in a fish species (Alosa agone) of commercial interest has been
carried out in five Italian subalpine lakes to assess the risk for humans and predators for fish …

This work allowed assessing a widespread occurrence of Tychonema bourrellyi in the
largest lakes south of the Alps (Garda, Iseo, Como and Maggiore). The taxonomy of the …

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the largest lakes south of the Alps (Garda, Iseo, Como and
Maggiore) showed a progressive colonization of Dolichospermum lemmermannii …