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Wilcox, Evan J., Brent B. Wolfe, and Philip Marsh. "Assessing the influence of lake and watershed attributes on snowmelt bypass at thermokarst lakes." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 26, no. 23 (December 9, 2022): 6185–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6185-2022.
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Abstract. Snow represents the largest potential source of water for thermokarst lakes, but the runoff generated by snowmelt (freshet) can flow beneath lake ice and via the outlet without mixing with and replacing pre-snowmelt lake water. Although this phenomenon, called “snowmelt bypass”, is common in ice-covered lakes, it is unknown which lake and watershed properties cause variation in snowmelt bypass among lakes. Understanding the variability of snowmelt bypass is important because the amount of freshet that is mixed into a lake affects the hydrological and biogeochemical properties of the lake. To explore lake and watershed attributes that influence snowmelt bypass, we sampled 17 open-drainage thermokarst lakes for isotope analysis before and after snowmelt. Isotope data were used to estimate the amount of lake water replaced by freshet and to observe how the water sources of lakes changed in response to the freshet. Among the lakes, a median of 25.2 % of lake water was replaced by freshet, with values ranging widely from 5.2 % to 52.8 %. For every metre that lake depth increased, the portion of lake water replaced by freshet decreased by an average of 13 %, regardless of the size of the lake's watershed. The thickness of the freshet layer was not proportional to maximum lake depth, so that a relatively larger portion of pre-snowmelt lake water remained isolated in deeper lakes. We expect that a similar relationship between increasing lake depth and greater snowmelt bypass could be present at all ice-covered open-drainage lakes that are partially mixed during the freshet. The water source of freshet that was mixed into lakes was not exclusively snowmelt but a combination of snowmelt mixed with rain-sourced water that was released as the soil thawed after snowmelt. As climate warming increases rainfall and shrubification causes earlier snowmelt timing relative to lake ice melt, snowmelt bypass may become more prevalent, with the water remaining in thermokarst lakes post-freshet becoming increasingly rainfall sourced. However, if climate change causes lake levels to fall below the outlet level (i.e., lakes become closed-drainage), more freshet may be retained by thermokarst lakes as snowmelt bypass will not be able to occur until lakes reach their outlet level.
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Field, Hannah R., William H. Armstrong, and Matthias Huss. "Gulf of Alaska ice-marginal lake area change over the Landsat record and potential physical controls." Cryosphere 15, no. 7 (July 15, 2021): 3255–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3255-2021.
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Abstract. Lakes in contact with glacier margins can impact glacier evolution as well as the downstream biophysical systems, flood hazard, and water resources. Recent work suggests positive feedbacks between glacier wastage and ice-marginal lake evolution, although precise physical controls are not well understood. Here, we quantify ice-marginal lake area change in understudied northwestern North America from 1984–2018 and investigate climatic, topographic, and glaciological influences on lake area change. We delineate time series of sampled lake perimeters (n=107 lakes) and find that regional lake area has increased 58 % in aggregate, with individual proglacial lakes growing by 1.28 km2 (125 %) and ice-dammed lakes shrinking by 0.04 km2 (−15 %) on average. A statistical investigation of climate reanalysis data suggests that changes in summer temperature and winter precipitation exert minimal direct influence on lake area change. Utilizing existing datasets of observed and modeled glacial characteristics, we find that large, wide glaciers with thick lake-adjacent ice are associated with the fastest rate of lake area change, particularly where they have been undergoing rapid mass loss in recent times. We observe a dichotomy in which large, low-elevation coastal proglacial lakes have changed most in absolute terms, while small, interior lakes at high elevation have changed most in relative terms. Generally, the fastest-changing lakes have not experienced the most dramatic temperature or precipitation change, nor are they associated with the highest rates of glacier mass loss. Our work suggests that, while climatic and glaciological factors must play some role in determining lake area change, the influence of a lake's specific geometry and topographic setting overrides these external controls.
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Robertson, Dale M., and Robert A. Ragotzkie. "Thermal Structure of a Multibasin Lake: Influence of Morphometry, Interbasin Exchange, and Groundwater." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47, no. 6 (June 1, 1990): 1206–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-140.
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Interbasin differences which develop below the upper mixed layer in small multibasin lakes provide the unique opportunity to examine how a lake's morphometry affects the rates of certain processes and the distribution of certain physical, chemical, and biological parameters without the confounding inter-lake dissimilarities encountered when examining different lakes. To determine if the variability in basin morphometry can be the primary factor causing interbasin differences, we examined the thermal structure of Trout Lake, Wisconsin, during summer and winter stratification and quantitatively explained the observed differences in temperature among basins. Differences in hypolimnetic temperature during summer stratification and differences in the temperature of the entire water column in the winter were primarily due to the morphometric differences among basins. During winter, variations in the temperature among basins were also influenced by interbasin exchange and differences in groundwater inputs. Therefore, this multibasin lake can provide the opportunity to test for morphometric affects without the confounding inter-lake dissimilarities encountered when examining different lakes.
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Pérez-Peraza, J., A. Leyva-Contreras, M. Valdés-Barrón, I. Libin, K. Yudakhin, and A. Jaani. "Influence of solar activity on hydrological processes." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2, no. 3 (May 11, 2005): 605–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-2-605-2005.
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Abstract. The relationship between solar activity and the water volumes of lakes is searched here by means of correlational and spectral analysis methods. The level of two lakes, Pátzcuaro in México and Tchudskoye in Russia, together with solar activity indexes are used for the analysis. It is found that the source of the oscillation mechanism of the level of those lakes is the solar activity cycle through its influence on the magnetosphere and the terrestrial atmosphere. The present study allows for the development of long-period prognostic of water volumes of big lakes.
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Boreux, Maxime P., Scott F. Lamoureux, and Brian F. Cumming. "Use of water isotopes and chemistry to infer the type and degree of exchange between groundwater and lakes in an esker complex of northeastern Ontario, Canada." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25, no. 12 (December 13, 2021): 6309–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6309-2021.
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Abstract. While interactions between groundwater and lake-water influence water chemistry, water balance, aquatic organisms, biochemical cycles and contamination levels, they remain a poorly studied component of lake hydrology. Identifying the controls of groundwater and lake-water interactions at the landscape level and classifying lakes into categories based on their degree of interaction with the groundwater can provide insights into a lake's sensitivity and vulnerability to environmental stressors. Such information can also provide baseline conditions for comparison to future changes that are important for water management and conservation. To this end, water chemistry and water isotopic composition were investigated in a set of 50 boreal lakes located at different elevations in an esker system near Timmins, Ontario. Analyses focused on stable isotopic ratios of hydrogen and oxygen and specific conductance as indicators of the position of a lake with respect to the influence of groundwater. Both isotopic composition and specific conductance distinguished higher-elevation groundwater-recharge lakes from lower-elevation groundwater-discharge lakes. Groundwater-recharge lakes were high-elevation lakes characterized by enriched isotopic values and low values of specific conductance. In contrast, groundwater-discharge lakes were isotopically depleted and had higher values of specific conductance and occurred at lower elevations. An intermediate group of lakes was also defined (termed seepage lakes) and had intermediate isotopic and water-chemistry characteristics compared to recharge and discharge lakes. Differences in water geochemistry between field campaigns revealed that upland groundwater-recharge lakes showed evidence of evaporative drawdown, indicating sensitivity to short-term changes in climate, whereas the lower-elevation groundwater-discharge lakes showed little variation between seasonal samples and consequently would likely be affected only by hydroclimatological changes of greater duration and magnitude.
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Kashnitskaya, M. A. "The Water Regime of the Torey Lakes Under Anthropogenic Influence." Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Earth Sciences 39 (2022): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.26516/2073-3402.2022.39.45.
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The Torey lakes, located in the Transbaikal Territory on the border with the Mongolian People's Republic, are a unique natural reservoir. They have an unstable hydrological regime due to climate change. The main inflow of the Torey Lakes is the transboundary Ul’dza River. A hydraulic structure is being built on the Mongolian part of this river, the activity of which can lead to significant changes in the water regime of the Torey lakes. Based on the proposed model of the water balance of the Torey lakes, the hydrological regime of these lakes for the period from 1965 to 2018 is characterized. Changes in the level of the Torey Lakes are analyzed, including taking into account the activity of a hydraulic structure. Changes in the hydrological regime of the Torey lakes are considered, taking into account the construction of this hydraulic structure in the form of a reduction in water inflow by 10 and 20%. Possible environmental consequences for the region of the Torey Lakes during the construction of a hydraulic structure on the river are considered.
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Daubariene, Jurgita. "THE INFLUENCE OF LAKES ON THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN UTENA COUNTY." Latgale National Economy Research 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2010): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/lner2010vol1.2.1775.
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The objective of the article is to analyse the influence of lakes on tourism development in Utena County. The tasks of the study are: to define the importance of lakes on tourism development; to review the lake resources of the Utena county; to examine the benefit of lakes for tourism opportunities in Utena county. The article analyses distribution of water bodies and tourism enterprises on the territory of the Utena county. Scientific literature, web sites, legislation on lake tourism and recreational activities on the lakes and on the coasts of lakes were used as references for writing the report. There are articles dealing with tourism impact on ecosystems of lakes, but so far there have not been any articles that analyse the impact of lakes on tourism development. Therefore, this article is new and topical for Utena county.
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Patoine, A., B. Pinel-Alloul, E. E. Prepas, and R. Carignan. "Do logging and forest fires influence zooplankton biomass in Canadian Boreal Shield lakes?" Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57, S2 (September 7, 2000): 155–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f00-105.
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Zooplankton biomass was assessed in 20 reference lakes, nine logged-watershed lakes, and nine burned-watershed lakes during three summers following watershed disturbances by logging or wildfires. Biomass of cladocerans, calanoids, cyclopoids, and rotifers was quantified in the 38 lakes for the first year following disturbances. Limnoplankton biomass in four size fractions was quantified during 3 years following disturbances. One year after disturbances, burned-watershed lakes supported 59% more biomass of the rotifer size fraction of limnoplankton (100-200 µm) than reference lakes, while logged-watershed lakes supported 43% less of calanoid biomass. Two years after disturbances, differences in limnoplankton biomass between burned-watershed lakes and reference lakes were more pronounced than during the first year, while logged-watershed lakes supported levels of limnoplankton biomass no different from those of reference lakes. Three years after disturbances, no significant variations could be detected among the three groups of lakes for any of the limnoplankton size fractions. The proportion of watershed area impacted by logging activities was on average less than half the proportion impacted by wildfires. Nonetheless, both types of disturbances seemed to have opposite effects on the zooplankton biomass during the first year, and the effects did not extend beyond 2 years.
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Notaro, Michael, Kathleen Holman, Azar Zarrin, Elody Fluck, Steve Vavrus, and Val Bennington. "Influence of the Laurentian Great Lakes on Regional Climate*." Journal of Climate 26, no. 3 (February 1, 2013): 789–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00140.1.
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Abstract The influence of the Laurentian Great Lakes on climate is assessed by comparing two decade-long simulations, with the lakes either included or excluded, using the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Regional Climate Model, version 4. The Great Lakes dampen the variability in near-surface air temperature across the surrounding region while reducing the amplitude of the diurnal cycle and annual cycle of air temperature. The impacts of the Great Lakes on the regional surface energy budget include an increase (decrease) in turbulent fluxes during the cold (warm) season and an increase in surface downward shortwave radiation flux during summer due to diminished atmospheric moisture and convective cloud amount. Changes in the hydrologic budget due to the presence of the Great Lakes include increases in evaporation and precipitation during October–March and decreases during May–August, along with springtime reductions in snowmelt-related runoff. Circulation responses consist of a regionwide decrease in sea level pressure in autumn–winter and an increase in summer, with enhanced ascent and descent in the two seasons, respectively. The most pronounced simulated impact of the Great Lakes on synoptic systems traversing the basin is a weakening of cold-season anticyclones.
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Kelso, J. R. M., and M. G. Johnson. "Factors Related to the Biomass and Production of Fish Communities in Small, Oligotrophic Lakes Vulnerable to Acidification." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48, no. 12 (December 1, 1991): 2523–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f91-293.
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We estimated biomass and production of the fish community in 19 small (<50 ha) lakes from four watersheds in central Ontario. Lake pH ranged from 4.8 to 7.1. We found 19 fish species in these lakes; yellow perch (Perca flavescens), pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) were the most common. On average, there were 4.5 species per lake. Neither fish community biomass nor production was significantly different among the communities identified by cluster analysis, and the number offish species was not lower at lower pH. More than 75% of each lake's total biomass was confined to less than three fish species. Whole-lake fish biomass was related to the total number of species in the lakes and their average age. Fish community production was related to fish biomass, averge fish size, and acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) with an almost equal influence provided by each factor. At lower ANC and pH, fish were usually smaller in weight and often had lower population growth rates. In these lakes where the influence of lake size and trophic status was minimized, fish community biomass and production were only secondarily related to lake pH or ANC.
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Hoffman, Adam R., David E. Armstrong, and Richard C. Lathrop. "Influence of phosphorus scavenging by iron in contrasting dimictic lakes." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70, no. 7 (July 2013): 941–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0391.
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Internal regulatory controls of phosphorus (P) via iron (Fe) scavenging were quantified in four contrasting dimictic Wisconsin lakes: Mendota (eutrophic, calcareous), Fish (mesotrophic, calcareous), Devil’s (mesotrophic, noncalcareous), and Sparkling (oligotrophic, noncalcareous). Hypolimnetic enrichment of P was highest in Mendota and Devil’s and least in Fish and Sparkling. This enrichment was attributed mainly to internal loading in the noncalcareous lakes and regeneration of sedimenting epilimnetic P in the calcareous lakes. Differences in Fe scavenging efficiencies at fall turnover were related to hypolimnetic Fe:P molar ratios as well as Fe availability and its control by sulfate–sulfide chemistries. In the noncalcareous lakes with high hypolimnetic Fe enrichment (Fe:P > 2), 45% of whole-lake total P was removed. P removal was low (<20%) in the two calcareous lakes with minimal Fe enrichment (Fe:P < 2). These differences in hypolimnetic P enrichment and subsequent Fe scavenging at fall turnover help to explain the differences in the amount of P available for subsequent spring and summer primary production as well as the differences in trophic state of the four lakes.
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Cordeiro, Rita, Rúben Luz, Joana Vilaverde, Vitor Vasconcelos, Amélia Fonseca, and Vítor Gonçalves. "Distribution of Toxic Cyanobacteria in Volcanic Lakes of the Azores Islands." Water 12, no. 12 (December 2, 2020): 3385. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123385.
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Eutrophication and global climate change gather advantageous conditions for cyanobacteria proliferation leading to bloom formation and cyanotoxin production. In the Azores, eutrophication is a major concern, mainly in lakes where fertilizers and organic matter discharges have increased nutrient concentration. In this study, we focused on understanding the influence of environmental factors and lake characteristics on (i) cyanobacteria diversity and biomass and (ii) the presence of toxic strains and microcystin, saxitoxin, anatoxin-a, and cylindrospermopsin cyanotoxin-producing genes. Fifteen lakes from the Azores Archipelago were sampled seasonally, environmental variables were recorded in situ, cyanobacteria were analyzed with microscopic techniques, and cyanotoxin-producing genes were targeted through conventional PCR. Statistical analysis (DistLM) showed that lake typology-associated variables (lake’s depth, area, and altitude) were the most explanatory variables of cyanobacteria biomass and cyanotoxin-producing genes presence, although trophic variables (chlorophyll a and total phosphorus) influence species distribution in each lake type. Our main results revealed higher cyanobacteria biomass/diversity, and higher toxicity risk in lakes located at lower altitudes, associated with deep anthropogenic pressures and eutrophication scenarios. These results emphasize the need for cyanobacteria blooms control measures, mainly by decreasing anthropogenic pressures surrounding these lakes, thus decreasing eutrophication. We also highlight the potential for microcystin, saxitoxin, and anatoxin-a production in these lakes, hence the necessity to implement continuous mitigation protocols to avoid environmental and public health toxicity events.
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MacKinnon, Brett D., Jay Sagin, Helen M. Baulch, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, and Timothy D. Jardine. "Influence of hydrological connectivity on winter limnology in floodplain lakes of the Saskatchewan River Delta, Saskatchewan." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73, no. 1 (January 2016): 140–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0210.
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Globally, hydrological connectivity between rivers and their floodplains has been reduced by river flow management and land transformation. The Saskatchewan River Delta is North America’s largest inland delta and a hub for fish and fur production. To determine the influence of connectivity on limnology within this northern floodplain, water chemistry and stable isotopes (δ18O and δ2H) were analyzed during the winter of 2014 in 26 shallow lakes along a hydrological gradient. A total of five lake connectivity categories were determined by optical remote sensing imagary of surface water coverage area from years of varying flood intensities. Accuracy of categories was verified by degree of 18O and 2H enrichment within lakes. Both isotopes showed marked successional enrichment between connectivity categories, with more isolated lakes exhibiting greater enrichment. Water chemistry in lakes with greater connectivity to the main channel were characterized by higher pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, and sulfates and lower total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and ammonium compared with more isolated lakes. These findings illustrate how connectivity influences water chemistry in northern floodplain lakes and how it might determine the suitability of these lakes as winter refuge for fishes. Additionally, our study provides supporting evidence for the effective use of optical remote sensing imagery, an inexpensive and accessible source of data for researchers, when determining connectivity characteristics of large northern floodplain systems. Additionally, this study provides further evidence that the inundation of floodplain lakes by river water during peak discharge has an impact on the conditions within the lakes long into the winter ice-cover season. Understanding the year-round influence of river–floodplain connection is imperative for assessing potential impacts of climate change and future water regulation on such ecosystems.
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Du, Baolong, Liping Zhu, Jianting Ju, Junbo Wang, Qingfeng Ma, and Qiangqiang Kou. "A Quantification of Heat Storage Change-Based Evaporation Behavior in Middle–Large-Sized Lakes in the Inland of the Tibetan Plateau and Their Temporal and Spatial Variations." Remote Sensing 15, no. 14 (July 8, 2023): 3460. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15143460.
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A large number of different-sized lakes exist in the inland area of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), which are examples of the important connection between the atmosphere and hydrosphere through the analysis of lake surface convergence and evaporation processes. The evaporation level changes that occur in middle–large-sized lakes (surface area > 50 km2) in the area directly influence the regional mass and energy balance values, atmospheric boundary layer heat and humidity structures, and weather processes occurring in the lower-reach areas. The studies conducted in the literature at present, concerning lake evaporation processes, generally overlook the differences in lake heat storage behavior due to the reduced amount of data in the literature concerning lake bathymetry. According to the in situ bathymetric data obtained for 68 middle–large-sized lakes in the inner basin of the TP, in this study, we calculated their heat storage (G) change values by using the different vertical-depth water-temperature-change integral method, and we established a regression equation for the heat storage and lake surface net radiation values for 68 lakes. The evaporation rates of 134 middle–large-sized lakes larger than 50 km2 in the inland are of the TP were calculated by obtaining the G regression result and adopting it into the Penman model, as well as estimating the evaporation losses of theses 134 lakes from 2002 to 2018. The result shows that the annual average evaporation rate for these lakes is 927.39 mm/year, with an insignificant upward trend (0.10 mm/year). This method achieved good accuracy compared with the Bowen ratio method, which estimates the evaporation rate during the ice-free season, with a high correlation coefficient (R) value of 0.95 and least root mean square error (RMSE) value of 61 mm. The annual mean evaporation rate can be divided into the southern and northern lake groups along a 34°N line with a difference of 314.41 mm/year. The annual average evaporation volume of these lakes was 25.02 km3 and showed an upward trend of 0.35 km3/year. Among them, the annual average evaporation volume contribution ratio of level-1 lakes (50 km2 ≤ lake’s area < 100 km2, 61 lakes) was 14.04%, showing an upward trend, and the contribution of level-3 lakes (lake’s area ≥ 500 km2, 10 lakes) was 41.50%, showing a downward trend. There were no obvious changes in the level-2 lakes (100 km2 ≤ lake’s area < 500 km2, 63 lakes), which maintained at the same level in approximately 44.46%. Air temperature is the most important factor affecting the evaporation rate of lakes, while the lake surface area is the main factor affecting lake evaporation volume. Our study, considering the actual lake heat storage value, provides a useful reference for further improving lake water budget balance values and watershed hydrologic features in the inland closed lakes located in the TP.
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Brezonik, Patrick L., Jacques C. Finlay, Claire G. Griffin, William A. Arnold, Evelyn H. Boardman, Noah Germolus, Raymond M. Hozalski, and Leif G. Olmanson. "Iron influence on dissolved color in lakes of the Upper Great Lakes States." PLOS ONE 14, no. 2 (February 13, 2019): e0211979. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211979.
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Sharov, Andrey N. "Phytoplankton of cold-water lake ecosystems under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors." Issues of modern algology (Вопросы современной альгологии), no. 1(25) (2021): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.33624/10.33624/2311-0147-2021-1(21)-42-49.
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Based on the study of the spatio-temporal aspects of the development of phytoplankton in the lakes of the North and North-West of the European territory of Russia (large lakes – Imandra, Onega and Chudsko-Pskovskoye and small lakes of the Arctic and Subarctic), the features of its structure and dynamics under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors (eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, acidification, thermification). The species composition and quantitative characteristics of phytoplankton of large lakes of the North of Russia, small arctic lakes and lakes of subarctic regions are studied. It has been shown that diatoms predominate in arctic water bodies according to species diversity, and green and diatoms predominate in boreal ones. By biomass, diatoms dominate mainly in all cold-water lakes, with the exception of small arctic lakes, where golden algae lead. The features of the reorganization of phytoplankton in response to the action of anthropogenic factors are revealed. It is proved that in the northern water bodies the complex action of heavy metals and nutrients does not lead to inhibition of phytoplankton, and the effect of acidification in combination with heavy metals enhances the toxic effect of the latter. A feature of the response to acidification is an increase in the variability of the dynamics of the biomass of phytoplankton. It has been shown that in different types of lakes of East Antarctica under severe climate conditions under light and biogenic limitation, redistribution of autotrophic components in the formation of the biota of water bodies occurs: against the background of a decrease in the abundance and diversity of phytoplankton, the role of microphytobenthos and periphyton increases.
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Sharov, Andrey N. "Phytoplankton of cold-water lake ecosystems under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors." Issues of modern algology (Вопросы современной альгологии), no. 1(25) (2021): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.33624/10.33624/2311-0147-2021-1(25)-42-49.
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Based on the study of the spatio-temporal aspects of the development of phytoplankton in the lakes of the North and North-West of the European territory of Russia (large lakes – Imandra, Onega and Chudsko-Pskovskoye and small lakes of the Arctic and Subarctic), the features of its structure and dynamics under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors (eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, acidification, thermification). The species composition and quantitative characteristics of phytoplankton of large lakes of the North of Russia, small arctic lakes and lakes of subarctic regions are studied. It has been shown that diatoms predominate in arctic water bodies according to species diversity, and green and diatoms predominate in boreal ones. By biomass, diatoms dominate mainly in all cold-water lakes, with the exception of small arctic lakes, where golden algae lead. The features of the reorganization of phytoplankton in response to the action of anthropogenic factors are revealed. It is proved that in the northern water bodies the complex action of heavy metals and nutrients does not lead to inhibition of phytoplankton, and the effect of acidification in combination with heavy metals enhances the toxic effect of the latter. A feature of the response to acidification is an increase in the variability of the dynamics of the biomass of phytoplankton. It has been shown that in different types of lakes of East Antarctica under severe climate conditions under light and biogenic limitation, redistribution of autotrophic components in the formation of the biota of water bodies occurs: against the background of a decrease in the abundance and diversity of phytoplankton, the role of microphytobenthos and periphyton increases.
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Sharov, Andrey N. "Phytoplankton of cold-water lake ecosystems under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors." Issues of modern algology (Вопросы современной альгологии), no. 1(25) (2021): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.33624/2311-0147-2021-1(21)-42-49.
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Based on the study of the spatio-temporal aspects of the development of phytoplankton in the lakes of the North and North-West of the European territory of Russia (large lakes – Imandra, Onega and Chudsko-Pskovskoye and small lakes of the Arctic and Subarctic), the features of its structure and dynamics under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors (eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, acidification, thermification). The species composition and quantitative characteristics of phytoplankton of large lakes of the North of Russia, small arctic lakes and lakes of subarctic regions are studied. It has been shown that diatoms predominate in arctic water bodies according to species diversity, and green and diatoms predominate in boreal ones. By biomass, diatoms dominate mainly in all cold-water lakes, with the exception of small arctic lakes, where golden algae lead. The features of the reorganization of phytoplankton in response to the action of anthropogenic factors are revealed. It is proved that in the northern water bodies the complex action of heavy metals and nutrients does not lead to inhibition of phytoplankton, and the effect of acidification in combination with heavy metals enhances the toxic effect of the latter. A feature of the response to acidification is an increase in the variability of the dynamics of the biomass of phytoplankton. It has been shown that in different types of lakes of East Antarctica under severe climate conditions under light and biogenic limitation, redistribution of autotrophic components in the formation of the biota of water bodies occurs: against the background of a decrease in the abundance and diversity of phytoplankton, the role of microphytobenthos and periphyton increases.
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Sharov, Andrey N. "Phytoplankton of cold-water lake ecosystems under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors." Issues of modern algology (Вопросы современной альгологии), no. 1(25) (2021): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.33624/2311-0147-2021-1(25)-42-49.
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Based on the study of the spatio-temporal aspects of the development of phytoplankton in the lakes of the North and North-West of the European territory of Russia (large lakes – Imandra, Onega and Chudsko-Pskovskoye and small lakes of the Arctic and Subarctic), the features of its structure and dynamics under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors (eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, acidification, thermification). The species composition and quantitative characteristics of phytoplankton of large lakes of the North of Russia, small arctic lakes and lakes of subarctic regions are studied. It has been shown that diatoms predominate in arctic water bodies according to species diversity, and green and diatoms predominate in boreal ones. By biomass, diatoms dominate mainly in all cold-water lakes, with the exception of small arctic lakes, where golden algae lead. The features of the reorganization of phytoplankton in response to the action of anthropogenic factors are revealed. It is proved that in the northern water bodies the complex action of heavy metals and nutrients does not lead to inhibition of phytoplankton, and the effect of acidification in combination with heavy metals enhances the toxic effect of the latter. A feature of the response to acidification is an increase in the variability of the dynamics of the biomass of phytoplankton. It has been shown that in different types of lakes of East Antarctica under severe climate conditions under light and biogenic limitation, redistribution of autotrophic components in the formation of the biota of water bodies occurs: against the background of a decrease in the abundance and diversity of phytoplankton, the role of microphytobenthos and periphyton increases.
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Robinson, Clifford L. K., and William M. Tonn. "Influence of Environmental Factors and Piscivory in Structuring Fish Assemblages of Small Alberta Lakes." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46, no. 1 (January 1, 1989): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f89-012.
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We surveyed 45 small lakes in central Alberta to determine if discrete, repeatable types of fish assemblages exist, to identify the main environmental and biotic processes likely responsible for assemblage-level patterns, and to compare and contrast Alberta patterns with those observed in other regions of North America. Overall, 11 species of fish were caught in 36 lakes; nine lakes were fishless. Hierarchical classification and detrended correspondence analysis of fish species presence/absence identified two main assemblage types, characterized by northern pike (Esox lucius) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) versus brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) and fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Pike/perch lakes were significantly deeper and larger than lakes of the stickleback/fathead assemblage type; however, a subset of the former group lacking yellow perch was environmentally similar to stickleback/fathead lakes. Piscivory by northern pike appears to be the dominant process maintaining nearly complete negative associations between members of the two assemblage types. Despite environmental and faunal-richness differences, our results were not unlike those from southern Ontario and northern Wisconsin. For small boreal lakes of North America, piscivory and processes related to a small number of environmental variables, such as maximum depth, surface area, and isolation, appear to be most important in structuring fish assemblages.
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Hansen, Gretchen J. A., Stephen R. Midway, and Tyler Wagner. "Walleye recruitment success is less resilient to warming water temperatures in lakes with abundant largemouth bass populations." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75, no. 1 (January 2018): 106–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0249.
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Lakes respond heterogeneously to climate, with implications for fisheries management. We analyzed walleye (Sander vitreus) recruitment to age-0 in 359 lakes in Wisconsin, USA, to (i) quantify the relationship between annual water temperature degree days (DD) and walleye recruitment success and (ii) identify the influence of lake characteristics — area, conductivity, largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) catch rates, and mean DD — on this relationship. The relationship between walleye recruitment and annual DD varied among lakes and was not distinguishable from zero overall (posterior mean = −0.11, 90% CI = −0.34, 0.15). DD effects on recruitment were negative in 198 lakes (55%) and positive in 161 (45%). The effect of annual DD was most negative in lakes with high largemouth bass densities, and, on average, the probability of recruitment was highest in large lakes with low largemouth bass densities. Conductivity and mean DD influenced neither recruitment nor the effect of annual DD. Walleye recruitment was most resilient to warming in lakes with few largemouth bass, suggesting that the effects of climate change depend on lake-specific food-web and habitat contexts.
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Dye, A. H. "Meiobenthos in intermittently open/closed coastal lakes in New South Wales: spatial and temporal patterns in densities of major taxa." Marine and Freshwater Research 56, no. 8 (2005): 1055. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf05050.
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Intermittently open/closed coastal lakes and lagoons (ICOLLs) are common in Australia. Isolation from the sea makes them susceptible to nutrient enrichment and pollution and many are considered degraded. Understanding of their ecology and the effects of anthropogenic activity is limited. Many lakes are kept open artificially to improve water quality and mitigate the effects of floods. The present study examined the relationship between multivariate and univariate patterns in higher taxa of meiobenthos and compared their densities and distributions in naturally open and closed lakes with those in managed lakes. The degree of correspondence between multivariate and univariate patterns was taxon and locality dependent. Differences in densities between types of lakes was not related to physical factors. Within lakes, meiobenthos generally correlated negatively with salinity and organic content, but positively with silt. Densities reflected the degree of isolation from the sea, but the influence of this factor varied among lakes within categories and between taxa. Most taxa were less abundant in isolated localities, such as the inner reaches of lakes and in closed lakes. Meiobenthos were more spatially variable in closed and in managed lakes. The influence of frequency and duration of closure on the ecology of coastal lakes is discussed.
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Rennie, Michael D., and Leland J. Jackson. "The influence of habitat complexity on littoral invertebrate distributions: patterns differ in shallow prairie lakes with and without fish." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62, no. 9 (September 1, 2005): 2088–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f05-123.
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Relationships between littoral habitat complexity and invertebrate distributions in fishless lakes are not well understood compared with well-documented relationships in lakes with fish. We examined littoral invertebrate distributions over fine-scale gradients of weed-bed habitat complexity and contrasted these patterns in four shallow prairie lakes two with fish and two without. The above-sediment portion of submerged macrophytes and associated invertebrates was sampled from three littoral microhabitats: weed-bed centres (highly complex), weed-bed edges (moderately complex), and single plants that grew apart from distinct weed beds (least complex). Total invertebrate densities in fishless lakes did not differ between littoral microhabitats, nor were they correlated with macrophyte biomass. In contrast, total invertebrate densities in lakes with fish increased with microhabitat complexity and were positively correlated with macrophyte biomass. Weed-bed complexity also affected littoral invertebrate community structure; in all lakes, the proportion of filter-feeders decreased with increasing microhabitat complexity, but the proportion of predatory invertebrates was greater overall in fishless lakes than in lakes with fish. Our results demonstrate that small-scale variation in littoral microhabitat complexity can lead to specific patterns of invertebrate distribution that systematically differ between lakes with and without fish, and that these systematic differences may be mediated through top-down mechanisms.
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Kokociński, Mikołaj, Dariusz Dziga, Adam Antosiak, and Janne Soininen. "Are Bacterio- and Phytoplankton Community Compositions Related in Lakes Differing in Their Cyanobacteria Contribution and Physico-Chemical Properties?" Genes 12, no. 6 (June 2, 2021): 855. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12060855.
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Bacterioplankton community composition has become the center of research attention in recent years. Bacteria associated with toxic cyanobacteria blooms have attracted considerable interest. However, little is known about the environmental factors driving the bacteria community, including the impact of invasive cyanobacteria. Therefore, our aim has been to determine the relationships between heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton community composition across 24 Polish lakes with different contributions of cyanobacteria including the invasive species Raphidiopsis raciborskii. This analysis revealed that cyanobacteria were present in 16 lakes, while R. raciborskii occurred in 14 lakes. Our results show that bacteria communities differed between lakes dominated by cyanobacteria and lakes with minor contributions of cyanobacteria but did not differ between lakes with R. raciborskii and other lakes. Physical factors, including water and Secchi depth, were the major drivers of bacteria and phytoplankton community composition. However, in lakes dominated by cyanobacteria, bacterial community composition was also influenced by biotic factors such as the amount of R. raciborskii, chlorophyll-a and total phytoplankton biomass. Thus, our study provides novel evidence on the influence of environmental factors and R. raciborskii on lake bacteria communities.
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Durham, Bart W., Lucy Porter, Allie Webb, and Joshua Thomas. "Seasonal influence of environmental variables and artificial aeration on Escherichia coli in small urban lakes." Journal of Water and Health 14, no. 6 (August 4, 2016): 929–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wh.2016.020.
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This study investigated patterns of Escherichia coli in urban lakes in Lubbock, Texas. Specific objectives were to (1) document seasonal patterns in abundance of E. coli over a 3-year period, (2) identify environmental factors, including effects of migratory geese and artificial aeration devices that may influence E. coli abundance, and (3) determine if E. coli abundance over time was similar for individual lakes. Water samples were collected monthly for 36 months from six lakes, three of which contained artificial aeration devices (fountains). Regression models were constructed to determine which environmental variables most influence E. coli abundance in summer and winter seasons. Escherichia coli is present in the lakes of Lubbock, Texas year-round and typically exceeds established bacterial thresholds for recreational waters. Models most frequently contained pH and dissolved oxygen as predictor variables and explained from 17.4% to 92.4% of total variation in E. coli. Lakes with fountains had a higher oxygen concentration during summer and contained consistently less E. coli. We conclude that solar irradiation in synergy with pH and dissolved oxygen is the primary control mechanism for E. coli in study lakes, and that fountains help control abundance of fecal bacteria within these systems.
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Paterson, Andrew M., Brian F. Cumming, John P. Smol, Jules M. Blais, and Robert L. France. "Assessment of the effects of logging, forest fires and drought on lakes in northwestern Ontario: a 30-year paleolimnological perspective." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28, no. 10 (October 1, 1998): 1546–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x98-138.
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The frequency and intensity of large-scale watershed disturbances (e.g., clearcuts and wildfires) is increasing in northwestern Ontario. Timber harvesting and wildfires have been shown to alter water quantity and quality in stream ecosystems. Unfortunately, scientific studies of these impacts on lakes are considerably rarer. Using paleolimnological techniques, we examined the remains of scaled chrysophytes in sediment cores from four lakes that have had the majority of their watersheds clearcut, two lakes that have had large forest fires in their watersheds, and two lakes that have had minimal watershed disturbance. Lakes in this study showed minor changes in the composition of scaled chrysophytes at a temporal resolution of 2-4 years, despite removal of over 90% of the forest. Furthermore, temporal variability in the species assemblages were similar in all lakes. A gradual change in the species assemblages of all lakes suggested a regional influence may have been responsible. We hypothesize that hydrological changes brought about by a regional drought from 1970 to 1990 may have exerted an overriding influence on lakes over this time period.
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Hay, Murray B., Neal Michelutti, and John P. Smol. "Ecological patterns of diatom assemblages from Mackenzie Delta lakes, Northwest Territories, Canada." Canadian Journal of Botany 78, no. 1 (March 7, 2000): 19–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b99-156.
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Sediment samples were collected from 77 lakes in the Mackenzie Delta representing a gradient of lakes from those having continual connection with the sediment-laden Mackenzie River to lakes having connection for only a couple of days every few years. Diatom assemblages in all lakes were dominated by a diverse benthic microflora, primarily from the genera Navicula and Nitzschia. Maximum relative abundance of the dominant taxon at all sites was less than 30%, and most taxa did not dominate in more than one or two lakes. Delta lake assemblages were distinct from diatom assemblages associated with other regional transects of upland tundra and forest lakes. Detrended correspondence analysis showed that nonmotile epiphytic genera, such as Cocconeis and Gomphonema, were more common in lakes having a lower influence from the Mackenzie River, reflecting the extensive macrophyte growth within these lakes. Species diversity decreased as macrophyte production increased. Taxa responses along this macrophyte production gradient were modeled using partial least squares regression. Diatoms were sensitive to the degree of river influence, and the related biological and limnological changes, suggesting assemblages can provide an indication of hydrological variability within Mackenzie Delta lakes.Key words: diatoms, detrended correspondence analysis, Mackenzie Delta, floodplain, lakes.
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Rouse, Wayne R., Claire J. Oswald, Jacqueline Binyamin, Christopher Spence, William M. Schertzer, Peter D. Blanken, Normand Bussières, and Claude R. Duguay. "The Role of Northern Lakes in a Regional Energy Balance." Journal of Hydrometeorology 6, no. 3 (June 1, 2005): 291–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jhm421.1.
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Abstract There are many lakes of widely varying morphometry in northern latitudes. For this study region, in the central Mackenzie River valley of western Canada, lakes make up 37% of the landscape. The nonlake components of the landscape are divided into uplands (55%) and wetlands (8%). With such abundance, lakes are important features that can influence the regional climate. This paper examines the role of lakes in the regional surface energy and water balance and evaluates the links to the frequency–size distribution of lakes. The primary purpose is to examine how the surface energy balance may influence regional climate and weather. Lakes are characterized by both the magnitude and temporal behavior of their surface energy balances during the ice-free period. The impacts of combinations of various-size lakes and land–lake distributions on regional energy balances and evaporation cycles are presented. Net radiation is substantially greater over all water-dominated surfaces compared with uplands. The seasonal heat storage increases with lake size. Medium and large lakes are slow to warm in summer. Their large cumulative heat storage, near summer’s end, fuels large convective heat fluxes in fall and early winter. The evaporation season for upland, wetland, and small, medium, and large lakes lasts for 19, 21, 22, 24, and 30 weeks, respectively. The regional effects of combinations of surface types are derived. The region is initially treated as comprising uplands only. The influences of wetland, small, medium, and large lakes are added sequentially, to build up to the energy budget of the actual landscape. The addition of lakes increases the regional net radiation, the maximum regional subsurface heat storage, and evaporation substantially. Evaporation decreases slightly in the first half of the season but experiences a large enhancement in the second half. The sensible heat flux is reduced substantially in the first half of the season, but changes little in the second half. For energy budget modeling the representation of lake size is important. Net radiation is fairly independent of size. An equal area of medium and large lakes, compared with small lakes, yields substantially larger latent heat fluxes and lesser sensible heat fluxes. Lake size also creates large differences in regional flux magnitudes, especially in the spring and fall periods.
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Havens, Karl E., Mark V. Hoyer, and Edward J. Phlips. "Natural Climate Variability Can Influence Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida Lakes and Reservoirs." EDIS 2016, no. 7 (September 6, 2016): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/edis-sg142-2016.
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During the summer, many of Florida's nutrient-enriched lakes and reservoirs experience proliferations of cyanobacteria commonly called “blooms.” Cyanobacteria are natural in Florida lakes and reservoirs, but when they grow to high levels and bloom, they become a big problem. They look awful, smell bad, and can poison fish and other animals in the water. To help resource managers considering costly remediation projects or evaluating the effectiveness of nutrient reduction strategies to manage the problem, this 7-page fact sheet presents the results from 15 years of studies observing three large, nutrient-rich lakes in Florida (Lake Harris, Lake George, and Lake Okeechobee) to study the relationship between rainfall and cyanobacteria blooms and learn causes of year-to-year bloom variability. Written by Karl E. Havens, Mark V. Hoyer, and Edward J. Phlips, and published by the Florida Sea Grant College Program, July 2016. SGEF-234/SG142: Natural Climate Variability Can Influence Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida Lakes and Reservoirs (ufl.edu)
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Karpowicz, Maciej, and Jolanta Ejsmont-Karabin. "Influence of environmental factors on vertical distribution of zooplankton communities in humic lakes." Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 54 (2018): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/limn/2018004.
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The influence of vertical environmental gradients on zooplankton communities was studied in five humic lakes with the high availability of food resources (phytoplankton and bacterioplankton) and low fish pressure. The factors that inhibit the development of large zooplankton in humic lakes are currently widely debated. We have found that relatively productive humic lakes do not offer many niches for zooplankton because of the sharp thermal gradient which results in a shallow layer of oxygenated waters. The results of this study indicated that different taxonomic groups of zooplankton are determined by a different set of environmental variables. This phenomenon explains very low species richness of zooplankton and a possibility of their coexistence in the narrow oxygenated layer. We concluded that due to sharp thermal gradient in humic lakes biomass of herbivores may be reduced which could promote development of phytoplankton.
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Guy, Martha, William D. Taylor, and John C. H. Carter. "Decline in Total Phosphorus in the Surface Waters of Lakes during Summer Stratification, and its Relationship to Size Distribution of Particles and Sedimentation." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51, no. 6 (June 1, 1994): 1330–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f94-132.
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The decline in total phosphorus (TP) in the surface waters of 40 oligotrophy to mesotrophic lakes during stratification varied from 0 to 59.0%. Sediment traps were deployed in four of the lakes to examine the relationship between decline in TP and sedimentation. Declines in TP and sedimentation of P were similar in magnitude when summed over the stratified season, and a positive correlation between TP decline and sedimentation rate was observed. Lakes possessing larger particles exhibited larger declines in particulate phosphorus (PP) than lakes with smaller plankton. Declines in TP were not significantly related to particle size, possibly because of the influence of spring concentrations of dissolved P, which quickly declined in all lakes in which they were observed. These results support the contention that sedimentation plays a major role in the decline in TP during stratification and that sedimentation is influenced by plankton community structure.
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Basnett, Smriti, Anil V. Kulkarni, and Tobias Bolch. "The influence of debris cover and glacial lakes on the recession of glaciers in Sikkim Himalaya, India." Journal of Glaciology 59, no. 218 (2013): 1035–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2013jog12j184.
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AbstractWe investigated area changes in glaciers covering an area of ∼200 km2 in the Tista basin, Sikkim, Eastern Indian Himalaya, between ∼1990 and 2010 using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Indian Remote-sensing Satellite (IRS) images and related the changes to debris cover, supraglacial lakes and moraine-dam lakes. The glaciers lost an area of 3.3 ± 0.8% between 1989/90 and 2010. More detailed analysis revealed an area loss of 2.00 ± 0.82, 2.56 ± 0.61 and 2.28 ± 2.01 km2 for the periods 1989–97, 1997–2004/05 and 2004–2009/10, respectively. This indicates an accelerated retreat of glaciers after 1997. On further analysis, we observed (1) the formation and expansion of supraglacial lakes on many debris-covered glaciers and (2) the merging of these lakes over time, leading to the development of large moraine-dam lakes. We also observed that debris-covered glaciers with lakes lose a greater area than debris-covered glaciers without lakes and debris-free glaciers. The climatic data for 24 years (1987–2011), measured at the Gangtok meteorological station (1812 m a.s.l.), showed that the region experienced a 1.0°C rise in the summer minimum temperature and a 2.0°C rise in the winter minimum temperature, indicating hotter summers and warmer winters. There was no significant trend in the total annual precipitation. We find that glacier retreat is caused mainly by a temperature increase and that debris-covered glaciers can retreat at a faster rate than debris-free glaciers, if associated with lakes.
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Stachelek, Joseph, and Patricia A. Soranno. "Does freshwater connectivity influence phosphorus retention in lakes?" Limnology and Oceanography 64, no. 4 (February 7, 2019): 1586–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11137.
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Leach, Jason A., and Hjalmar Laudon. "Headwater lakes and their influence on downstream discharge." Limnology and Oceanography Letters 4, no. 4 (June 13, 2019): 105–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10110.
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Timms, B. V. "Study of coastal freshwater lakes in southern New South Wales." Marine and Freshwater Research 48, no. 3 (1997): 249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf96049.
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There are few freshwater lakes associated with coastal dunes in southern New South Wales (NSW). Lake Nargal near Narooma, Bondi Lake near Bega, and a small lagoon near Pambula have little in common limnologically with coastal dune lakes of northern NSW and southern Queensland. They differ in mode of origin, are less dominated by NaCl, are less acidic, are more speciose, have few characteristic dune-lake indicator species, and moreover contain certain southern species. However, a re-examination of data for Lakes Windermere and McKenzie further north at Jervis Bay suggest that these are classic dune-contact lakes rather similar to those in northern NSW. Differences and similarities are largely influenced by the extent and therefore the hydrological influence of the contextural coastal sand mass and by biogeography.
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Vesnina, L. V., and T. O. Ronzhina. "INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE FACTORS ON BIOTOLAKE SOUL OF THE ALTAI REGION." Innovations and Food Safety, no. 4 (December 28, 2018): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.31677/2311-0651-2018-0-4-63-68.
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Research work on hyperhaline lakes was started in 1977. Commercial interest in artemia (at the stage of cysts) as a starting feed for hydrobionts served as a basis for monitoring studies of hypergalin lakes of the Altai Territory. Lake Dushnoye is located in the Nizhne-Kasmalinsky system of lakes, which belongs to the vast Kulunda-Kasmalinsky basin of Artemia lakes, which is the basis of the resource base of artemia in the south of Western Siberia in terms of the number of water bodies. As a result of complex hydrobiological surveys in the spring period from April to May 2018, the dynamics of the indices of the number of different stages of development of the crustacean (nauplii, juvenile, pre-adult, adult, cysts, summer eggs), their percentage ratio, size-age structure of the population, productivity of the crustacean Artemia Leach, 1819, morphometric parameters of mature individuals and cysts of Lake Dushnoye in the Altai Territory in comparison with similar indicators for 2017. The temperature regime at the beginning of the vegetation period of the current year was unfavorable for the development of artemia in lakes, which led to low numbers of crustaceans. According to the results of monitoring studies of the hypergalin lake of the Altai Territory in the spring (April and May 2018), during the development of the first generation of crustaceans, a depressive the state of development of the population of the brine shrimp in Lake Dushnoye, Volchikhinsky district. A potential stock of Artemia cysts is given.
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Panarelli, EA, AM Güntzel, and CN Borges. "How does the Taquari River influence in the cladoceran assemblages in three oxbow lakes?" Brazilian Journal of Biology 73, no. 4 (November 2013): 717–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842013000400006.
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This study examined the cladoceran assemblages in three oxbow lakes of the Taquari River floodplain, near the transition between the plateau and the plain. We sought to answer the following questions: does the Taquari River function as a geographical barrier or dispersal corridor for Cladocera? Can different degrees of connection induce different structures in the assemblages in each lake? Cladocerans and limnological variables were sampled every other month for one year. Forty-one species were recorded, four of which were common to all the lakes. Our results indicated that the different degrees of connection between the river and the oxbow lakes favoured environmental heterogeneity and diversification in the cladoceran assemblages. The greatest dissimilarity between the two lakes connected with the river indicates that in this case the river functions better as a barrier than a dispersal corridor.
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Jones, Nicholas E. "Incorporating lakes within the river discontinuum: longitudinal changes in ecological characteristics in stream–lake networks." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67, no. 8 (August 2010): 1350–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f10-069.
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Lakes and rivers are intimately connected in an alternating series of lentic and lotic reaches in many regions. The study of lakes and their outlets in hierarchical and branching river networks has not gained the attention of stream ecologists, and little effort has been focused on synthesizing the ecology of lake–stream interactions within a drainage network. Rapid and predictable changes in the ecological characteristics of streams occur at the interface with lakes. The influence that a lake might have on a stream is dependent on its position within the stream, stream type and size, lake size and shape, and the inlet and outlet positions. Little is known about the influences of multiple lakes within stream–lake networks and how these influences are determined by network shape and pattern. Fruitful collaborations and novel insights will come from the combined efforts of limnologists, stream ecologists, and landscape ecologists. Geographic information systems and network analyses will play an important role in summarizing aquatic landscape characteristics and creating a predictive science of aquatic networks. Lakes need to be more explicitly incorporated into ecological concepts in stream ecology, and reciprocally, streams need to be incorporated into ecological concepts involving lakes for the successful management and conservation of our aquatic resources.
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Thiery, Wim, Edouard L. Davin, Hans-Jürgen Panitz, Matthias Demuzere, Stef Lhermitte, and Nicole van Lipzig. "The Impact of the African Great Lakes on the Regional Climate." Journal of Climate 28, no. 10 (May 12, 2015): 4061–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-14-00565.1.
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Abstract Although the African Great Lakes are important regulators for the East African climate, their influence on atmospheric dynamics and the regional hydrological cycle remains poorly understood. This study aims to assess this impact by comparing a regional climate model simulation that resolves individual lakes and explicitly computes lake temperatures to a simulation without lakes. The Consortium for Small-Scale Modelling model in climate mode (COSMO-CLM) coupled to the Freshwater Lake model (FLake) and Community Land Model (CLM) is used to dynamically downscale a simulation from the African Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX-Africa) to 7-km grid spacing for the period of 1999–2008. Evaluation of the model reveals good performance compared to both in situ and satellite observations, especially for spatiotemporal variability of lake surface temperatures (0.68-K bias), and precipitation (−116 mm yr−1 or 8% bias). Model integrations indicate that the four major African Great Lakes almost double the annual precipitation amounts over their surface but hardly exert any influence on precipitation beyond their shores. Except for Lake Kivu, the largest lakes also cool the annual near-surface air by −0.6 to −0.9 K on average, this time with pronounced downwind influence. The lake-induced cooling happens during daytime, when the lakes absorb incoming solar radiation and inhibit upward turbulent heat transport. At night, when this heat is released, the lakes warm the near-surface air. Furthermore, Lake Victoria has a profound influence on atmospheric dynamics and stability, as it induces circular airflow with over-lake convective inhibition during daytime and the reversed pattern at night. Overall, this study shows the added value of resolving individual lakes and realistically representing lake surface temperatures for climate studies in this region.
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Lara, Mark Jason, and Melissa Lynn Chipman. "Periglacial Lake Origin Influences the Likelihood of Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska." Remote Sensing 13, no. 5 (February 25, 2021): 852. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13050852.
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Nearly 25% of all lakes on earth are located at high latitudes. These lakes are formed by a combination of thermokarst, glacial, and geological processes. Evidence suggests that the origin of periglacial lake formation may be an important factor controlling the likelihood of lakes to drain. However, geospatial data regarding the spatial distribution of these dominant Arctic and subarctic lakes are limited or do not exist. Here, we use lake-specific morphological properties using the Arctic Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Landsat imagery to develop a Thermokarst lake Settlement Index (TSI), which was used in combination with available geospatial datasets of glacier history and yedoma permafrost extent to classify Arctic and subarctic lakes into Thermokarst (non-yedoma), Yedoma, Glacial, and Maar lakes, respectively. This lake origin dataset was used to evaluate the influence of lake origin on drainage between 1985 and 2019 in northern Alaska. The lake origin map and lake drainage datasets were synthesized using five-year seamless Landsat ETM+ and OLI image composites. Nearly 35,000 lakes and their properties were characterized from Landsat mosaics using an object-based image analysis. Results indicate that the pattern of lake drainage varied by lake origin, and the proportion of lakes that completely drained (i.e., >60% area loss) between 1985 and 2019 in Thermokarst (non-yedoma), Yedoma, Glacial, and Maar lakes were 12.1, 9.5, 8.7, and 0.0%, respectively. The lakes most vulnerable to draining were small thermokarst (non-yedoma) lakes (12.7%) and large yedoma lakes (12.5%), while the most resilient were large and medium-sized glacial lakes (4.9 and 4.1%) and Maar lakes (0.0%). This analysis provides a simple remote sensing approach to estimate the spatial distribution of dominant lake origins across variable physiography and surficial geology, useful for discriminating between vulnerable versus resilient Arctic and subarctic lakes that are likely to change in warmer and wetter climates.
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Hadwen, Wade L., and Stuart E. Bunn. "Tourists increase the contribution of autochthonous carbon to littoral zone food webs in oligotrophic dune lakes." Marine and Freshwater Research 55, no. 7 (2004): 701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf04068.
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Tourists can adversely influence the ecology of oligotrophic lakes by increasing algal production via direct nutrient inputs and/or re-suspension of sediments. To assess the influence of tourists on food web dynamics, we used the natural abundance of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to calculate the relative importance of autochthonous and allochthonous carbon sources to littoral zone food webs across five variously visited perched dune lakes on Fraser Island, Australia. The relative importance of autochthonous (phytoplankton and periphyton) carbon to littoral zone consumers was highly variable across taxa and lakes. Despite the potential influence of algal biomass, ambient nutrient concentrations and tannin concentrations on the contribution of autochthonous carbon to littoral zone food webs, none of these variables correlated to the per cent contribution of autochthonous carbon to consumer diets. Instead, autochthonous sources of carbon contributed more to the diets of aquatic consumers in heavily visited lakes than in less visited lakes, suggesting that tourist activities might drive these systems towards an increased reliance on autochthonous carbon. The assessment of the contribution of autochthonous carbon to littoral zone food webs may represent a more robust indicator of the impact of tourists in oligotrophic lakes than standard measures of nutrient concentrations and/or algal biomass.
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Sánchez, Laura María, María Romina Schiaffino, Haydée Pizarro, and Irina Izaguirre. "Periphytic and planktonic bacterial community structure in turbid and clear shallow lakes of the Pampean Plain (Argentina): a CARD-FISH approach." Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 43, no. 4 (February 28, 2017): 662–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol43-issue4-fulltext-5.
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Bacterioplankton and bacterioperiphyton composition was analyzed using the CARD-FISH technique in three shallow lakes of the Pampean Plain (Argentina) with contrasting regimes: clear vegetated, turbid due to phytoplankton and turbid inorganic, due to inorganic particles. We postulated that these differences would influence the proportion of the main bacterial groups both in periphyton and in plankton. The turbid lake due to phytoplankton presented the highest total abundances in both communities. Alphaproteobacteria was the dominant group in the three lakes in both communities. Redundancy analysis (RDA) evidenced that the bacterioplankton structure was different among lakes and mainly influenced by dissolved inorganic nitrogen and conductivity. On the other hand, for the bacterioperiphyton, RDA showed that bacterial group abundances increased with higher periphytic chlorophyll-a values. In the clear lake the relative abundance of Betaproteobacteria and Cytophaga increased in the bacterioperiphyton towards the end of the colonization. Our study suggests that the lake regime (clear or turbid) influence the structure of bacterioplankton and bacterioperiphyton.
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Wei, A., P. Chow-Fraser, and D. Albert. "Influence of shoreline features on fish distribution in the Laurentian Great Lakes." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61, no. 7 (July 1, 2004): 1113–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f04-061.
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In this paper, we used assembled fish distributions (over 9500 field observations) and correlated them with 11 categories of the Great Lakes shoreline (i.e., bedrock, bluff, coarse beach, sandy beach dune, sandysilty bank, clay bank, low riverine coastal plain, composite, wetland, artificial, and unclassified) to validate the appropriateness of classifying Great Lakes fishes into three species complexes (taxocenes) that account for differences in their dependence on shoreline features. A χ2 goodness-of-fit test with Bonferroni correction indicated a significant positive association between the presence of fish and three shoreline classes: wetland, sandy beach dune, and bluff. The Dutilleul modified t test was used to quantify the correlation between wetlands and distribution of the 25 most abundant species and those of different functional groupings. Our results confirm that (i) the Great Lakes fish community utilizes certain shoreline features (especially wetlands) disproportionately to their availability, (ii) the distribution of wetland-associated taxa is influenced by wetland type (i.e., protected embayment versus open-shoreline wetland), and (iii) the preferred utilization of coastal wetlands by a majority of the fish community is consistent across geographical scales, from the local site to the entire Great Lakes shoreline.
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Jacobson, Peter C., Heinz G. Stefan, and Donald L. Pereira. "Coldwater fish oxythermal habitat in Minnesota lakes: influence of total phosphorus, July air temperature, and relative depth." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67, no. 12 (December 2010): 2002–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f10-115.
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An empirical model was developed that describes the influence of lake productivity, climate, and morphometry on coldwater fish oxythermal habitat. An oxythermal habitat variable called temperature at 3 mg·L–1 of dissolved oxygen (TDO3) was developed by interpolating the water temperature at a benchmark oxygen concentration (3 mg·L–1) from a temperature–oxygen profile. Coldwater habitat was most available in the least productive lakes (total P < 25 µg·L–1) with the greatest relative depths (geometry ratios < 2 m–0.5) and where mean July air temperatures were less than 17 °C. Species response curves were developed from values of TDO3 measured during the greatest period of oxythermal stress in late summer (maxTDO3). Lake trout was present in lakes with the lowest values of maxTDO3, while cisco was present in lakes with the highest and broadest range of maxTDO3. Projections for a scenario where climate warming (+4 °C in mean July air temperature) was accompanied by eutrophication (doubling of total P) indicated that coldwater fish oxythermal habitat would be devastated in a subset of lakes typical for Minnesota. Protecting deep, unproductive lakes from eutrophication will be a necessary management strategy to ensure that coldwater fish persist in at least some Minnesota lakes after climate warming.
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Särkkä, Jukka. "Profundal meiofauna in two large lakes: Influence of pollution and bathymetric differences." Archiv für Hydrobiologie 132, no. 4 (March 10, 1995): 453–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/132/1995/453.
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Uher-Koch, Brian D., Kenneth G. Wright, Hannah R. Uher-Koch, and Joel A. Schmutz. "Effects of Fish Populations on Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) and Yellow-billed Loon (G. adamsii) Lake Occupancy and Chick Production in Northern Alaska." ARCTIC 73, no. 4 (December 27, 2020): 450–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic71533.
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Predator populations are vulnerable to changes in prey distribution or availability. With warming temperatures, lake ecosystems in the Arctic are predicted to change in terms of hydrologic flow, water levels, and connectivity with other lakes. We surveyed lakes in northern Alaska to understand how shifts in the distribution or availability of fish may affect the occupancy and breeding success of Pacific (Gavia pacifica) and Yellow-billed Loons (G. adamsii). We then modeled the influence of the presence and abundance of five fish species and the physical characteristics of lakes (e.g., hydrologic connectivity) on loon lake occupancy and chick production. The presence of Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) had a positive influence on Pacific Loon occupancy and chick production, which suggests that small-bodied fish species provide important prey for loon chicks. No characteristics of fish species abundance affected Yellow-billed Loon lake occupancy. Instead, Yellow-billed Loon occupancy was influenced by the physical characteristics of lakes that contribute to persistent fish populations, such as the size of the lake and the proportion of the lake that remained unfrozen over winter. Neither of these variables, however, influenced chick production. The probability of an unoccupied territory becoming occupied in a subsequent year by Yellow-billed Loons was low, and no loon chicks were successfully raised in territories that were previously unoccupied. In contrast, unoccupied territories had a much higher probability of becoming occupied by Pacific Loons, which suggests that Yellow-billed Loons have strict habitat requirements and suitable breeding lakes may be limited. Territories that were occupied had high probabilities of remaining occupied for both loon species.
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Echaniz, Santiago, Alicia Vignatti, Javier Schlegel, and Nicolás Schiel. "ZOOPLANKTON OF TWO SHALLOW LAKES IN THE SOUTH OF MEAUCO FORMATION (LA PAMPA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA)." Semiárida Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía UNLPam 30, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.19137/semiarida.2020(02).09-18.
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The Meauco Formation, a dune region of the central Pampa province, has numerous shallow lakes. Although there is hydrological information about them, it is very scarce about their limnological characteristics. The objectives are to know the physical-chemical and zooplankton parameters of two nearby shallow lakes, with and without fishes: Santa Isabel I (SI I) and Santa Isabel II (I II) respectively, and determine the influence of zooplankton on phytoplankton biomass and transparency. It was sampled during 2018 and 2019. In both the mean salinity were less than 1g.L-1 and the Secchi disk depth was around 0.45m. The chlorophyll concentrations varied between 9.32 and 11.63 mg.m-3. Seven cladocerans, 4 copepods and 20 rotifers were recorded. Most of the taxa were shared by both lakes, however, 20 rotifers were recorded in SI I and 13 in SI II. The total zooplankton density did not differ, but SI I had greater abundance of rotifers (69% of total) and SI II of crustaceans (72%). The presence of fish influences the zooplankton composition but its small size, even in the absence of fish, makes it have little influence on the phytoplankton; therefore, no differences were found in the transparency and phytoplankton biomass of both lakes.
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Peyaud, V., C. Ritz, and G. Krinner. "Modelling the Early Weichselian Eurasian Ice Sheets: role of ice shelves and influence of ice-dammed lakes." Climate of the Past 3, no. 3 (July 2, 2007): 375–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-3-375-2007.
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Abstract. During the last glaciation, a marine ice sheet repeatedly appeared in Eurasia. The floating part of this ice sheet was essential to its rapid extension over the seas. During the earliest stage (90 kyr BP), large ice-dammed lakes formed south of the ice sheet. These lakes are believed to have cooled the climate at the margin of the ice. Using an ice sheet model, we investigated the role of ice shelves during the inception and the influence of ice-dammed lakes on the ice sheet evolution. Inception in Barents sea seems due to thickening of a large ice shelf. We observe a substantial impact of the lakes on the evolution of the ice sheets. Reduced summer ablation enhances ice extent and thickness, and the deglaciation is delayed by 2000 years.
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Peyaud, V., C. Ritz, and G. Krinner. "Modelling the Early Weichselian Eurasian Ice Sheets: role of ice shelves and influence of ice-dammed lakes." Climate of the Past Discussions 3, no. 1 (January 26, 2007): 221–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cpd-3-221-2007.
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Abstract. During the last glaciation, a marine ice sheet repeatedly appeared in Eurasia. The floating part of this ice sheet was essential to its rapid extension over the seas. During the earliest stage (90 kyr BP), large ice-dammed lakes formed south of the ice sheet. These lakes are believed to have cooled the climate at the margin of the ice. Using an ice sheet model, we investigated the role of ice shelves during the inception and the influence of ice-dammed lakes on the ice sheet evolution. Inception in Barents sea seems due to thickening of a large ice shelf. We observe a substantial impact of the lakes on the evolution of the ice sheets. Reduced summer ablation enhances ice extent and thickness, and the deglaciation is delayed by 2000 years.
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Tórz, Agnieszka, Małgorzata Bonisławska, Agnieszka Rybczyk, Arkadiusz Nędzarek, and Adam Tański. "Susceptibility to Degradation, the Causes of Degradation, and Trophic State of Three Lakes in North-West Poland." Water 12, no. 6 (June 7, 2020): 1635. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12061635.
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Effective protection of lakes against degradation requires a detailed recognition of the factors leading to their eutrophication. This also pertains to small lakes, which constitute an important element of various ecosystems and are crucial for maintaining biodiversity. Therefore, the aim of the study is to determine the trophic state as well as the susceptibility to degradation of three small lakes in north-western Poland: Maszewo, Starzyca, and Nowogardzkie. This study analyzes the morphometric characteristics of the lakes, the impact of the catchment, their actual trophic state, and phosphorus levels. The analysis showed varying regeneration potentials of the lakes. Maszewo Lake is eutrophic-hypertrophic, nonresilient, strongly exposed to influence from the catchment, with phosphorus levels within the norm. Starzyca Lake is a eutrophic lake, not very resilient to the influence of the catchment, with excessive phosphorus levels. Nowogardzkie Lake is a eutrophic lake with moderate resilience to degradation, but with excessive phosphorus levels, which endangers the functioning of this aquatic ecosystem. In all the lakes, phosphorus supply was predominantly internal. Restoration of these lakes could be performed by completely cutting off the inflow of nutrients, as well as reclamation involving the deactivation of phosphorus (e.g., by precipitation) as well as the removal of the bottom sediments responsible for the internal supply of phosphorus.