Lakes in hot water: the impacts of a changing climate on aquatic ecosystems

RI Woolway, S Sharma, JP Smol - BioScience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Our planet is being subjected to unprecedented climate change, with far-reaching social and
ecological repercussions. Below the waterline, aquatic ecosystems are being affected by …

Incorporating climate change into ecosystem service assessments and decisions: a review

RK Runting, BA Bryan, LE Dee… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is having a significant impact on ecosystem services and is likely to become
increasingly important as this phenomenon intensifies. Future impacts can be difficult to …

Morphometry and average temperature affect lake stratification responses to climate change

BM Kraemer, O Anneville, S Chandra… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is affecting lake stratification with consequences for water quality and the
benefits that lakes provide to society. Here we use long‐term temperature data (1970–2010) …

Deeper waters are changing less consistently than surface waters in a global analysis of 102 lakes

RM Pilla, CE Williamson, BV Adamovich, R Adrian… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Globally, lake surface water temperatures have warmed rapidly relative to air temperatures,
but changes in deepwater temperatures and vertical thermal structure are still largely …

Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems

L Lind, RL Eckstein, RA Relyea - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophytes are an important part of freshwater ecosystems and they have direct and
indirect roles in keeping the water clear and providing structure and habitats for other …

Dissolved oxygen stratification and response to thermal structure and long-term climate change in a large and deep subtropical reservoir (Lake Qiandaohu, China)

Y Zhang, Z Wu, M Liu, J He, K Shi, Y Zhou, M Wang… - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract From January 2010 to March 2014, detailed depth profiles of water temperature,
dissolved oxygen (DO), and chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were collected …

First human impacts and responses of aquatic systems: A review of palaeolimnological records from around the world

N Dubois, É Saulnier-Talbot, K Mills… - The Anthropocene …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lake sediments constitute natural archives of past environmental changes. Historically,
research has focused mainly on generating regional climate records, but records of human …

Integrating ecosystem services closely related to human well-being into the restoration and management of deep lakes facing multiple stressors: Lessons from long …

Z Zhang, Q Liu, G Gao, J Shao, J Pan, G He… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep-lake (reservoir) ecosystems provide valuable ecosystem services (ES) and generate
significant ecosystem service values (ESV); however, reservoir ecosystems have suffered …

The role of internal feedbacks in shifting deep lake mixing regimes under a warming climate

JP Mesman, JAA Stelzer, V Dakos, S Goyette… - Freshwater …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is causing changes in the physics of deep lakes, such as longer summer
stratification, increased water column stability, reduced ice cover, and a shallower depth of …

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 …